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...women's problems is getting their fair share of the mother's milk of politics?money. Women are less likely than men to make large donations. Sharon Sharp, Republican nominee for Illinois secretary of state, was approached after a speech by a woman in an expensive suit and flowing fur coat who excitedly thrust a check at her. It was for $5. Jane Eskind, who has the uphill task of opposing Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker in Tennessee, has had to rely on her own money ($100,000 so far). "Men are more comfortable contributing large amounts," she says. "They...
...never saw a girl back when I was an undergraduate, maybe only once in a while Saturday after a football game. Something that strikes me about how the times have changed...one of the fellows left his fur coat in class one day, and when I told him about it, he said he could always pick it up tomorrow. You'd never do that today...
...general manage? of the council, François Edmond-Blanc, presented Ceauşescu with a golden plate. He declared that the Rumanian leader had beaten the previous world record by 100 points, according to a complex formula involving the bear's size and the quality of its fur. A bit of East Bloc one-upmanship added to Ceauşescu's triumph. The previous record holder was the president of neighboring Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito...
...capitalistic ventures can rival the return on invest ment of a movie megabit, and National Lampoon's Animal House is, in more ways than one, a gross example. Produced for a meager $2.7 million and promoted with a fur ther $4.5 million, the film so far has taken in more than $50 million. Producer Matty Simmons, chairman of the company that publishes the raucous monthly National Lam poon, expects revenues to top $80 million by year's end, not counting foreign distribution. That would place the film-among the top 15 movie earners of all time...
When we walked in, young and stoned, we were greeted by a row of moderately successful undergarment retailers and their fake fur bedecked wives. One, on the other side of 50 years old, pulled back to avoid our seemingly diseased path, tossing inaudible obscenities to our backs...