Word: joans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They only saw," Co-captain briefly," Co-Captain Joan Cunningham, explains. "It was probably a goddess-like figure, and it probably had blonde hair." Rowning (a blonde) concedes, "I couldn't do much about...
DIED. Charles Shipman Payson, 86, sportsman, philanthropist and industrialist (steel, uranium, oil and railroads), and with his late first wife, Heiress Joan Whitney Payson, long a mainstay of the social columns; in Lexington, Ky. Born in Maine, Payson donated more than $23 million to the Portland Museum of Art and was also a major backer of the America's Cup yachts. After his second marriage in 1977 to Virginia Kraft, then a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED editor, they established their own breeding farm, racing stable and training center...
...Diego Padres have lost Second Baseman Alan Wiggins to a drug-care unit for the second time in three years. His relapse was particularly pathetic because the Padres embraced Wiggins in the manner of a loving family standing by a troublesome son. They avoided being judgmental, and Owner Joan Kroc visited him at the detoxification center. "I will never give up on any human being as long as they are breathing," she says, but the club has suspended Wiggins for the rest of the season. After his treatment settled a 1982 cocaine possession charge, Wiggins gave inspiring talks to youth...
...further charges that women tend to be funneled into less prestigious consular duties (issuing passports and visas and handling problems faced by Americans abroad) while men are given more powerful political, economic or administrative posts. The department counters that the situation has been improving. Among its witnesses will be Joan Clark, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. Not expected: former Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick, who charged in a speech last December that stiff resistance to women still exists in the diplomatic corps...
...think we got the best of the breaks over the season, made our own breaks, came from behind," Harvard Coach John Wentzell said. "The spring trip sort of started us on our way. Mix that with the freshman talent, the leadership of Joan [Cunningham] and Ann [Wilson...