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...imports, the EPA was penalizing companies for polluting the air with coal smoke. There are also unnecessary inefficiencies: New York City has been ordered by the Department of Transportation to build subway ramps and elevators for the handicapped at a cost of $1.5 billion, even though impecunious city fathers contend that it would be cheaper to give the disabled free cab rides for life...
...general, well supported. But by arguing that the medical profession saw women as inherently ill in the 19th century or as psychologically pathological in the 20th, they seem to cavalierly attribute malicious motives to doctors, suggesting they are the vanguard of a sexist society. These doctors, Ehrenreich and English contend, seek out rebelliousness among women and squelch it by spiriting away the sick patient before she can express her protest. The doctors "betrayed the trust" innocent women placed in them. By focusing on the theories and treatments the doctors invented to keep women in their place, the authors evade...
...rationalist theory, put forth by early suffragists as well as modern feminists such as Betty Friedan, claims that rationality dictates even the life of the family, and will eventually produce a world in which women would have the same opportunities and responsibilities as men. Ehrenreich and English contend that both of these theories fail to provide a viable role for women. This failure resulted in a cult of professionalism; women became dependent on experts who could explain why they felt unfulfilled...
Brown's other line of defense was to contend that Farber and former Bergen County Prosecutor Joseph Woodcock had conspired to frame Jascalevich. Claiming that he was looking for evidence to support that theory, Brown demanded Farber's notes. Farber refused, citing the First Amendment and a New Jersey shield law allowing reporters to keep their sources confidential. Moreover, he insisted he had no information that would establish Jascalevich's guilt or innocence. Farber was cited for contempt, jailed and fined $2,000; the Times was fined $100,000 plus $5,000 for each day of the trial the reporter...
...reforms, which have been endorsed by both student and faculty members of the CRR, will make the CRR a more equitable body for disciplining students, advocates of the reforms contend...