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...urbane Lemmon and publisher Bennett Cerf trade quips in tuxes was a mini-lesson in changed American mores. "There was a real New York sophistication and wit in game shows then," says GSN president Rich Cronin. Likewise, watching the network's reruns of the post-sexual revolution yet pre-feminist Newlywed Game--the Stepfordized housewives talking about mixing their husbands' after-work cocktails, the jokes about "making whoopee"--is like watching a new version of The Ice Storm every afternoon...
...most recent cause, in May, was railing against McDonald's for using cow fat in French fries. Shiva, 49, calls herself an eco-feminist. At one moment she scolds multinational corporations in street protests, and the next she advises their CEOs on how to be good global citizens. Born in a Himalayan village and trained as a physicist, Shiva has taken up issues like logging and pesticide use through her New Delhi-based Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology...
...triumphant female figure with her arms raised; on the back is a serene photo of a woman on a beach. As part of its publicity blitz, Harmony this month is funding an exhibit at the Women's Museum in Dallas. It features a "wisdom wall" with quotes from feminist icons like Cokie Roberts and Geraldine Ferraro. It's hard to believe the minds who brought us Budweiser's "Whassup?" ads never thought of doing something like that for the guys...
...triumphant female figure with her arms raised; on the back is a serene photo of a woman on a beach. As part of its publicity blitz, Harmony this month is funding an exhibit at the Women's Museum in Dallas. It features a "wisdom wall" with quotes from feminist icons like Cokie Roberts and Geraldine Ferraro. It's hard to believe the minds who brought us Budweiser's "Whassup?" ads never thought of doing something like that for the guys...
...Harvard Square subway stop to her Radcliffe dorm room despite her protestations that it was unnecessary. I did so in part because I was stubborn about good Southern manners, but also because I wanted to prove to her that I was at least aware enough of eastern-sophisticated-feminist norms to not try to kiss her goodnight. It was a way of salvaging a little dignity. And so it ended well...