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...America, we have taken the opposite trajectory. We run from Donna Reed. We couldn't work in the 1950s. We had to be stay-at-home moms. In contrast to women in the Soviet Union, women in America have a long legacy as symbols of sex and womanly beauty: Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie O. The list could go on forever. Somehow, though, this ability to be proud of one's appearance and to be an ornament has not been enough for American women. Neither has the weak image women receive as mothers been satisfying...
Jordan signed a letter that Public Citizen sent Tuesday to Donna Shalala, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services. The 18 page document requests an investigation into how these federally-funded studies were approved...
...would be a mistake, however, to think of TV history as one long, uninterrupted drift toward untrammeled license. Moral values are, of course, relative. Party of Five features yards of premarital sex, yet is also a warmer celebration of family bonds than, say, Leave It to Beaver or The Donna Reed Show. Today there are new taboos. "Nobody's going to do abortion on a sitcom today, but Maude did it back in 1972," says Bruce Helford, co-creator and executive producer of The Drew Carey Show. He's referring to the famous episodes of Maude in which Bea Arthur...
Disenchantment like that mocks the company's goal of serving shoppers through a lifetime of wardrobe changes. The ideal Nordstrom customer may begin by buying turtlenecks and T shirts as a teenager and graduate to a $1,800 Donna Karan suit or a $3,000 Valentino gown as the years go on. And, oh, the convenience! Salesclerks are free to go from department to department to help you pick out a head-to-toe ensemble. Nordstrom salespeople average an industry-leading $29,000 a year in base pay and commissions and are regarded as entrepreneurs with their own clientele...
...child is stronger than anything I have ever known. I am a former U.S. Air Force captain, and I breast-fed my first son. Other officers may believe Cuevas is "selfish and a disgrace to women in the military," but I think she is demonstrating selflessness and courage. DONNA KRINGLER Midway Park, North Carolina...