Word: fighting
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...female tenure. But in these crucial areas Radcliffe has not served its constituency. Radcliffe has not fought aggressively for women's concerns on campus. This year the Radcliffe Board of Trustees refused to endorse efforts to make the final clubs co-ed. In the past, Radcliffe did not fight for the creation of a Women's Studies Department...
Life is tough for Soviet women. Really tough. Overworked and underappreciated, most of the Soviet Union's 149 million women fight an uphill battle simply to survive the daily grind -- an endless race against time in the effort to juggle job, housework and child care. The average Soviet woman has few modern conveniences, gets little sympathy from the boss and virtually no household help from her husband. She nurtures only limited hope that the situation will change anytime soon. "I have a great admiration for the women of the Soviet Union," President Reagan told Soviet reporters...
...fire," Republican Senator Alan Simpson calls him. But conservatives too know how prickly he can be. Ask Ronald Reagan. Negotiating arms deals with the Kremlin is one thing; getting them past Helms is something else. Helms is not just committed to causes, he is consumed by them. Consider his fight to ban abortion. "Sure I'm obsessed with it," he says, "and I'm absolutely certain I'm right, and nobody's going to change my mind...
Most of Washington, including a growing number of his fellow conservatives, wishes the Attorney General would quietly leave the field. But like General Ulysses Grant, a warrior Meese greatly admires, he seems determined, as Grant said down in Virginia, "to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer." On that he is backed up so far by the President, who is being placed yet again in the awkward position of choosing between what is best for his presidency and protecting a loyal spear carrier...
...markets in New York City and Chicago fight a fierce turf battle. -- A bittersweet boost in exports. -- Embezzlers nearly net $69 million...