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When the jury foreman announced the verdict, "Not guilty," the former Democratic candidate for Vice President broke into tears. Geraldine Ferraro's husband John Zaccaro was cleared last week of charges that he solicited a bribe from a cable-television company seeking a franchise in Queens, N.Y. Acquittal was assured when the key witness against Zaccaro refused to implicate him in a bribe attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: The Zaccaros Win One | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Sisters, meanwhile, have joined the laity in proclaiming women's grievances. A new round of rage could occur later this year if, as expected, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur bow to Vatican pressure and oust Sisters Barbara Ferraro and Patricia Hussey of Charleston, W. Va. Since signing a 1984 newspaper ad, they have refused to stop advocating a pro-choice abortion stance. Chicago's Sister Margaret Traxler, who also signed that ad, intends to organize a nuns' strike if they are expelled. Says she: "It's difficult for the Pope and bishops suddenly in this day to realize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: John Paul's Feisty Flock | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

Each time the demure woman in the yellow shirtwaist dress intoned the tantalizing phrase "if I run," she was interrupted by a riotous chant: "Run, Pat, run! Run, Pat, run!" Not since the heady moment when Geraldine Ferraro was picked as the 1984 Democratic vice-presidential nominee had there been such spontaneous excitement among women activists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Pat, Schroeder Run! | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

...eight-term Congresswoman, Schroeder, unlike Ferraro, never significantly penetrated the House leadership. Says one staffer: "She was close in but never inside." Some House members regard her as a bit of a flake. She signs her congressional mail with a smile symbol and is still taunted from time to time for having donned a bunny suit in China, to entertain children during Easter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Pat, Schroeder Run! | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

Geraldine Ferraro, former New York Congresswoman and 1984 Democratic vice- presidential candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private Life, Public Office | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

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