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...Roiphe's idea: "As women, we have thought so little of ourselves that when the troops came to liberate us, we rushed into the streets, leaving our most valuable attributes behind as if they belonged to the enemy." It is not an argument for sweet maternal submission to the household gods but for an admission that, unless society is transformed in an almost Utopian way (far beyond merely providing daycare centers), women cannot free themselves totally from the destiny of raising children. It is also a recognition that the hard choices about families, children and careers cannot be made entirely...
Abroad, women are also moving forward, notably in developed countries. Economic progress is the necessary road to female emancipation. As a nation is industrialized, women are freed from much of the routine burden of the farm and the household...
...going into the lotus position." By the time a salesman arrives to make sure the falsies fit, Connie has gone Girl Scouting, but several other stock characters-including Muriel's former lover, the minuscule Sir Percy Shorter, and a mindless sexpot, Felicity Rumpers-have joined the seedy Wicksteed household for the game of "Who's got them...
...economy is expected to get a big lift from consumer spending, which is likely to pick up smartly in the months ahead, especially for major appliances, furniture and household goods. Corporate profits, though still behind those of a year ago, have risen from their lows of early 1975 -and so, say Heller and George Perry, an economist with the Brookings Institution, business spending for new plant and equipment will also pick up. The auto industry, which has been more deeply depressed than almost any other for the past two years, has begun to turn round. Auto sales in October jumped...
...treasurer of the New York economic consulting firm of Townsend-Greenspan, suggests that the real annual rate of increase may be only about half the 23.9% reported. Still, the October jump was disquieting: it involved not only metals and cars but also farm products, lumber, textiles, clothing, furniture and household durables, all of which climbed substantially in price. For 1976, the Administration is predicting a rise in consumer prices of less than...