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...President doesn't want any yes men and women around him," Elizabeth Dole once remarked. "When he says no, we all say no." Behind the wry humor, there was a hint of truth. As assistant to President Reagan for public liaison and the highest-ranking woman in the White House, Elizabeth ("Liddy") Dole has been a silent team player, wielding little influence and rarely speaking out on women's issues. Now, however, she has moved into the spotlight as President Reagan's nominee to be the new Secretary of Transportation, succeeding the departing Drew Lewis. Her nomination...
...most successful ads seem to indicate a quivering sensibility or a rakish, humorous personality, perhaps with a naughty hint of "life in the fast lane." The New York Review of Books often features a mock high-cultural tone ("Man who is a serious novel would like to hear from a woman who is a poem"). Sincere is the lowest-ranking adjective, says Sherri Foxman, author of a new book on the subject, Classified Love. "If you write 'Sincerewoman seeking sincere man,' you're going to get 25 boring letters." Since standards of accuracy are not always rigorous...
...taboos. The Chicago Tribune, which runs love ads Mondays and Fridays, does a brisk business among the divorced, but takes no marrieds. Most large newspapers and city magazines turn down blatantly kinky ads, but a few slip by the censors in disguise. "I love wearing makeup" is a semisubtle hint at transvestism. At the Voice almost anything goes. "We allow people to describe themselves fully," says Associate Publisher John Evans, "but we don't allow things like mention of body parts...
...first hint of the now-booming industrial interest in the biotechnology field came in 1974. When Monsanto agreed to give the Medical School $23 million over 12 years in exchange for exclusive licensing rights to any product developed under its funds...
Melody smelody. The fact is that boredom is going to be a major factor in this marathon. How do you make a fellow presidential and yet exciting? Gary Hart lets his brown cowboy boots stick out from under his gray pinstripes, a hint of the hombre. John Glenn took an F-16 fighter up for a spin over Texas, and in California "landed" the space shuttle in a simulator, both stunts tailored for the evening news. But boots and jets will not keep the audience interested for two more years. Hart is rehearsing some showstoppers. In Los Angeles the other...