Word: equalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...equal distribution of victories, Restic claimed, keeps the alumni at both schools happy--and keeps Restic and Cozza employed...
Still, it is far too easy to imagine someone watching the show who doesn't realize that it is all right for men and women to share domestic responsibilities and have equal job status. If that person learns that a huge majority of men think women should be relegated to a lower caste, the result is a subtle, but effective way of reinforcing inequality. But knowledge of how people think is the key to changing their views, even if it is just knowledge we get from game shows...
...stories of In the Beginning (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; $18.95) are far older than Grimm's. Each concerns the creation of the world, and Virginia Hamilton gives every culture equal time and space. The Hurons speak of a woman who started things by falling from a torn place in the sky. The first man, say the Eskimos, hatched from a pea pod. The ancient Chinese venerated a giant who burst from a vast egg. Barry Moser's illuminations treat these legends with dignity and delicacy, and go on to show dozens of other prime movers, including a feathered serpent, an octopus...
Founded in the early and mid-'70s, Ms. and Mother Jones were committed to popularizing then radical causes such as equal rights for women, environmentalism and corporate responsibility. Unlike political-opinion magazines that are content to reach a small but influential audience, Ms. and Mother Jones always aimed for a broad readership. But over time, they found themselves increasingly pigeonholed as vestiges of a bygone era. "People had a mistaken impression about what the magazine was doing," says Mother Jones editor Douglas Foster. Ms. editor Anne Summers, who took over from founder Gloria Steinem last year, was also worried about...
Bush also met with Michael Dukakis last week, but the tone was different. Paying a loser's traditional courtesy call, Dukakis was clearly the past. Jackson offered himself as the future, and by treating him almost as an equal, Bush lent cynical credence to the claim. "This is beyond our wildest dreams," gloated a Bush assistant. "Who could ask for a better opening to the '92 re-election effort? Both sides have a vested interest in pumping up Jesse as the Democrats' leader...