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...Relationship. Having assumed office only eleven weeks ago, López Portillo thought it practical to journey north to examine some of these questions with a neighboring President who has just begun to confront great issues...
...Radcliffe is likely to prove difficult reading for women who actually go here, if they get through Baker's rather academic style and the unwieldy plethora of facts about all the other colleges. She forces you to confront the fact that you came to Cambridge because of Harvard's great tradition of learning, but that, at the same time, that very traditional outlook has kept Harvard from responding to women's educational needs, with Radcliffe's administration just about powerless to fight for its students. Her statistics are not quite up to date--her research apparently ended...
Many Americans get their ideas of social kissing from the television talk shows, which are orgies of lipsmacking. The rituals can be intricate. On Johnny Carson's late-night show, for example, female guests almost invariably kiss Carson: they then confront the question of whether to kiss Announcer Ed McMahon as well. Usually, they do, since McMahon has been elevated over the years from the status of hired help to that of deputy executive star. But what if Doc Severinsen is sitting...
...matter of course, a courtesy automatically extended to an incoming administration. The Nixon years demonstrated the danger of this approach. Cabinet members are more than mere managers; they frame questions for presidential consideration and participate directly in the formulation of policy. Their personal views on issues that may confront them are, therefore, of great importance and are valid subjects of consideration in determining whether or not a nominee should be confirmed...
...Harvard can be an elitist place," Anderson says, straining to express the special position of black women here, "If you're a woman, there's going to be at least one time you'll confront that--if you are black you will surely have to. If you're black and female it can be a double burden." But she stresses that they did not organize because they fell oppressed by the environment, but rather "because we had an incredibly strong sense that we can help one another to deal with...