Word: holtzman
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...tapes, from the Long Island Cablevision show "Focus on Women," contain interviews with celebrities such as Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem and New York City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, as well as with less-famous women from a range of backgrounds and professions...
...four-way race for New York's Democratic Senate nomination poses a different challenge: Which of two strong female candidates should women support? Both Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale's vice-presidential running mate in 1984, and New York City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman are veteran politicians who need no introduction to voters. Yet their rivalry has stirred deep divisions among progressive women who seemingly cannot stomach the thought of two women competing for the same office. Holtzman finds the quandary absurd, particularly since she and Ferraro stand far apart on certain issues. Ferraro, for example, backs the death penalty, while Holtzman...
Evidence of bureaucratic bulge is larded throughout the entrenched establishment that serves the five boroughs. City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman notes that 50,000 jobs were added in the '80s, "when times were flusher." According to the Census Bureau, the city has 575 employees per 10,000 residents, in contrast to 344 in San Francisco and 146 in Chicago. (Only Washington, with 788, is more bloated...