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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three times as easy for a women to get a job as a man, and one finds that the thrust of this affirmative action is to call women into a field who are not really interested in it, but anticipate better chances for jobs and higher salaries for less work than their competition, being mostly male. Men are second-class citizens: to justify this on the basis that women used to be second-class citizens would be like suggesting that Christians today would be justified in feeding Italians to lions. There is a book out called Solo: Women on Woman...

Author: By Nicholas B. Gunther, | Title: Men, Women and Sexism | 2/9/1978 | See Source »

...each other nor to women. We are desexualized, desensualized; neuter brains, success machines. We are not supposed to enjoy touch, but supposed to be pure, powerful, intellectual, super-human. The prototypical perfect male is Mr. Spock of Star Trek, possessed of deep dedication and dominated by love (but always higher love: love of beauty, love of knowledge, love of truth), raped of every normal animal feeling...

Author: By Nicholas B. Gunther, | Title: Men, Women and Sexism | 2/9/1978 | See Source »

...fund drive's aims is to increase alumni donations, Horner said. She said a higher proportion of Radcliffe alumni donate compared to Harvard, but added that Radcliffe alumni typicaly give funds in smaller amounts...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Horner Hires Funds Specialist To Raise Radcliffe Revenues | 2/7/1978 | See Source »

...subsequent vow that they would be maintained no matter what. The Israeli public apparently approves of Begin's firmness, because he remains the most popular leader that the country has had in years; a recent poll gave him a 68% rating, down from 80% in November but still higher than anything enjoyed by his predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin. He commands his Cabinet like an authoritarian godfather, and internal opposition is all but stilled. But Begin seems unable to contemplate surrendering any inch of land in the occupied territories where Israelis have settled, even when these footholds are clearly illegal. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: The Show Goes On After All | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

Hebert was one of the targets of the rule change. He entered 20 tournaments last year, but played so poorly that he never finished higher than 47th place, and his total money earnings were just $828. Yet each time he competed, a spot in the draw had to be denied to one of the rabbits. P.G.A. Tour Commissioner Deane Beman explains: "An exemption that was unlimited in duration and had no relationship to current abilities was unreasonable. It denied the opportunity for someone else to be able to compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How Long Is a Lifetime? | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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