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Acceptance of appointment sharing by colleges is by no means universal. For example, when Peter and Sue Ellen Gruber, both now biologists at Mount Holyoke, were looking for jobs, they applied for every possible combination???his, hers, theirs?with separate letters of recommendation to match. But one time they mistakenly sent a joint letter to a college where only Sue Ellen was applying. Recalls Sue Ellen: "When the dean called me for an interview, he said, 'I notice that your husband is a biologist too. What will he do?' All of a sudden, he was backing away. I suggested that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marriage of the Minds | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...this point can count on probable convention support from a host of moderate G.O.P. Governors. Rockefeller urged a Romney-Javits ticket last spring. Colorado's Love, Massachusetts' Volpe, Pennsylvania's Shafer, Wisconsin's Warren Knowles and Rhode Island's Chafee?who sees a possibility of a Romney-Chafee combination???might throw him their convention votes. Vermont's Senator George Aiken states flatly: "I've held that Romney is the most promising man we have. He could win." Among other Republican Senators, New Jersey's Case, Kentucky's John Sherman Cooper, Hawaii's Hiram Fong and Maine's Margaret Chase Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: A Party for All | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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