Word: genderism
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...introduced the Soviet President to his advisers, stopping near a reed-thin, 35-year-old African-American woman. "This is Condoleezza Rice," Bush told Gorbachev. "She tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union." Gorbachev looked her over--startled, in that setting, by the adviser's race, gender and youth. "I hope you know a lot," he said...
Rice, formerly provost of Stanford University, is in line to become, if Bush wins, either National Security Adviser, Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense. She would be destined to be--not only because of her race and gender but also because of her wit and spark--a politico-celebrity superstar. "She doesn't seem to try to push herself forward in any particular way," says former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is also advising Bush. "But she has such a level of capability...that she winds up getting asked to do all sorts of things...
...boys were given too much credit last week when this column incorrectly stated that all-male investment clubs had beaten the S&P 500 by 0.56% in a recent study; Brown University researchers found that male groups actually trailed the index by that figure. As reported, though, mixed-gender groups beat the S&P handily. Also, because of a computer error, hyphens were incorrectly inserted into two web addresses last week: MetaMarkets.com and StockJungle.com...
...suites of more than eight people in many houses. Some students do in fact have close friendship groups of more than eight people, and the lower limit would make the blocking process even more difficult for first-years. Such a low limit also makes it more difficult for mixed-gender blocking groups, which must already divide up into rooming groups...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 announced last week the formation of the Ann Radcliffe Trust, an organization that will hand out funds to student groups interested in women's and gender issues...