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...mother's nursing-home bill. Yeakel was revealed to have paid $17,000 in back taxes on the eve of announcing her candidacy. Congresswoman Barbara Boxer had 143 bounced checks to account for. In the nastiest race of all, two New York feminists, Geraldine Ferraro and Elizabeth Holtzman, went down biting and clawing -- to make way for a liberal man. And not all the new female candidates were even feminists: G.O.P. challengers Charlene Haar (South Dakota) and Linda Bean (Maine) proudly claimed to be "pro-life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Women Have to Celebrate? | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

Though 1992 was supposed to be the Year of the Woman, it was not to be for former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro or for city comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman in New York. Repelled by a vicious campaign in which Holtzman accused Ferraro's husband of ties to organized crime and questionable business dealings, voters put up a man, state attorney general Robert Abrams, instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revenge of The Angry Voter | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Radcliffe Gets Tape Collection | 9/24/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics the Feminist Machine | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speak Softly and Carry A Big Hatchet | 5/27/1991 | See Source »

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