Word: distaff
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Though the First Ladies managed to keep the summit's distaff side free of controversy, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan did not fare so well. On the eve of the meeting, Regan advised the Washington Post, in an interview about the wives' press role, that many of the paper's female readers would not understand "throw-weights or what is happening in Afghanistan or what is happening in human rights. Most women . . . would rather read the human-interest stuff of what happened." The remarks predictably infuriated feminists and provided news-starved journalists with a few stories. When reporters...
Nearly 40 years after her father's blunt comment, Guiliano says she has figured out the difference between American and French lifestyles--at least on the distaff side. Her assessment of American culinary errors: "Fast foods; rushing; not taking the time to sit down for meals, and not eating for pleasure. I see people eating, and they're just gulping it down. They're eating almost on autopilot, like robots...
...beginning to look that way. Today's Web offers a distaff cornucopia much like the practicality oriented formula in women's magazines. Behind giants such as iVillage, Women.com Chickclick.com and Oxygen lies a universe of specialized "affinity portals": fashion and beauty sites like Eve.com and Sephora.com BestSelf.com for weight management; TheKnot.com for weddings; Stork.com for baby gifts...