Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Liberation" and the reaction is immediately negative. Said one woman: "That means you're waving the red flag of liberalism." Still, the new consciousness has touched the town, perhaps changed it slightly. The Union Carbide factory has opened all its job categories to women. When the men gather over their coffee in the doughnut shop on the square, they no longer criticize married women for working. Retired Assistant Postmaster Gordon Will notes: 'They used to say, 'What does she think she's doing out of the house?' You don't hear them talk like...
...Yorty both practice meditation. The mayor does it yoga-style in the bathroom after a shower; Betts does it with a mantra (the repetition of a syllable pattern). "I've been meditating for 30 years," Sam told Candy. "I regard it as just concentrated prayer. It lets me gather up strength for the day to withstand the barbs in the Times...
...attractive daughter of a Detroit real estate developer, Paulette LeBost entered law school (as one of 20 women in a class of 300) after only three years at Marygrove College and Wayne State. "It was such a horrible experience," she says. "The whole attitude was condescending. We needed to gather in the ladies' room to cheer each other up and escape from the 'What's a nice girl like you doing in law school?' At the time, if you brought up sex discrimination, people laughed. Now the women rip those notes to 'Gentlemen' right...
...DEMOCRATIC race is a shambles, When Democrats gather in Miami, there could very well be no candidate with a majority. The party could turn away from those fighting now to seek a "new" face--perhaps that belonging to Edward Kennedy. Meanwhile, George Wallace could pile up votes in Northern states like Indiana and Iowa--and perhaps even win. Can any of the Democrats win over the angry and alienated Americans who have been cheering George Wallace for eight years, and now appear to be cheering louder than ever? And more important, can they do so without appealing to racism...
...Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States." Silence fell on the room, and Hartke gingerly advanced from the shadows to address the gathering in the living room. "Why don't you folks move closer now, gather round, gather round." A few people shifted in response to Hartke's plea, but those (including this reporter) standing near the exit held their ground...