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...particularly in Saigon. Just before Nixon's election, in fact, she was accused of trying to sabotage the Paris peace negotiations by advising the Thieu-Ky regime to hold off in hopes of a better deal with Nixon. These dark rumors, which she denies, threatened her status as a hostess for a time, but today "the Dragon Lady of Watergate East" is very much en rapport with such men of power as Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of Defense Laird and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martha Mitchell's View From The Top | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

...invitation to Ethel Kennedy's Hickory Hill is still almost as coveted as it used to be. Perle Mesta, eightyish, the hostess who is a household word, is back on Washington's social barricades again after an eclipse during the Kennedy years brought on by her support of Nixon in 1960. Also back is Mrs. Mesta's onetime social rival, Gwen Cafritz. Atop the whole pecking order, as she has been for so many decades, is Alice Roosevelt Longworth?daughter of President Teddy, widow of a noted Speaker of the House.* She rules the roost with her crisp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martha Mitchell's View From The Top | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

...bachelor popularity of owlish Henry A. Kissinger, President Nixon's one-man think tank, has earned him the White House sobriquet "playboy of the western wing." Last week his reputation was appraised by pretty blonde Washington Hostess Barbara Howar. Said she on-camera to TV's Mike Wallace: "Mike, it takes time to be a swinger, you know. Henry doesn't have that kind of time. If he's taking you out to dinner, don't start to get dressed until the third time he's called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 26, 1970 | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

...discloses partiality in leaving out of deity all trace of femininity. One of the three should be a she. To manifest divinity required a real nativity, and that required maternity, a woman's creativity. Which one of the three should be a she? Because the cosmos needs a hostess we recommend: Father, Son and Holy Ghostess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 21, 1970 | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...revolution would not take away the option of being a housewife. A woman who prefers to be her husband's housekeeper and/or hostess would receive a percentage of his pay determined by the domestic relations courts. If divorced, she might be eligible for a pension fund, and for a job-training allowance. Or a divorce could be treated the same way that the dissolution of a business partnership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WOMEN WIN | 8/31/1970 | See Source »

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