Word: jeaned
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...most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. When it was first passed, there were 31,000 women participating in intercollegiate athletics. There are now more than 120,000 female athletes in the nation's colleges. A survey by Brooklyn College professors R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter shows that in 1977, a year before Title IX went into effect, women were offered an average of 5.6 teams per college; in 1996 that figure was 7.5. Even more impressive is the growth of girls' sports in high schools. While the number of boy athletes remains the same...
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. JEAN ROBERT Quebec City, Canada...
...DIED. JEAN LOUIS, 89, Oscar-winning designer whose fluid fashions draped Hollywood's most mythic figures; in Palm Springs, California. Louis's rapport with his leading ladies (Marilyn Monroe reportedly introduced herself by disrobing) inspired such creations as Rita Hayworth's come-hither black satin gown in Gilda and the sequined formfitting dress that Monroe wore to serenade birthday boy (and President) John Kennedy...
JACKSONVILLE, Florida: Tobacco stocks soared minutes after a Florida jury found R.J. Reynolds not responsible for the death of lifelong smoker Jean Connor. Just thirty minutes after the verdict was announced, giants Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco had gained a whopping ten percent in value. Nervous investors had shunned tobacco stocks until the decision was announced: RJR Nabisco was trading as low as $28.37 1/2 before finishing the day up $3.12 1/2 at $32.62 1/2, while Philip Morris bottomed out at $37.87 1/2 and then went up $4.25 at $44.12 1/2. Investors hope that the decision will strengthen the industry...
President Bill Clinton last night at a state dinner toasting the home country of visiting Prime Minister Jean Chretien...