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Billie "Lady Day" Holiday, that throaty singer of the blues, had the right idea when she maintained, "It is the easiest thing in the world to say 'every broad for herself--saying it and acting that way is one thing that's kept some of us behind the eight ball where we've been living for a hundred years." To be behind the eight ball for a woman, and particularly for a black woman, is in part to be unable to define and realize your own place in the world around you. On one's own, with "every broad...
...second match in a row, fourth-ranked Mark Panarese had the easiest time of things. He allowed just 12 points in a 15-7, 15-4, 15-1 blitz and after the match the big question was whether or not Panarese had worked up enough of a sweat to merit a shower...
...They are the elderly who live in the slums of the nation's major cities. Many are poor. White or black, they share a common fear-that they will be attacked, tortured or murdered by the teen-age hoodlums who have coolly singled out old people as the easiest marks in town. Except in a few cases, police statisticians do not have a separate category for crimes against the elderly. But law-enforcement officials across the nation are afraid that such crimes may be growing in number and becoming more vicious in nature. TIME correspondents surveyed the plight...
...last question was easiest to answer, and indeed holds the key to the others. Paley's resignation as C.E.O. means virtually nothing. Renowned as perhaps the greatest of broadcasting's pioneers-and as an autocrat of considerable taste and charm-he has run the company ever since 1928, when he bought control of the 16 radio stations that were to become the Columbia Broadcasting System. CBS now has some 213 television and 255 radio affiliates, plus divisions producing records, musical instruments, and books and magazines. Since he was the man who created this still burgeoning enterprise, Paley apparently...
...student who asked not to be identified yesterday added another reason for taking the course: in the two years Nat Sci 4 has been offered, it has acquired a reputation as one of the easiest guts around, and fulfills Nat Sci requirements as well. "How much more can I ask?" he said...