Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Karen DeCrow...
...stroke Cynthia Strong, fiercely competitive captain Ruth Colker (two-seat), and junior Becky Goff in the three-seat. Anne Benton, a lean and smooth freshman who sculled in Europe over the summer, will sit behind Strong at seven. A couple of veterans who took a year off from rowing, Karen Oberhauser and Nelia Worsley, will take charge of the five-seat and the bow, respectively. Former J.V. rower Cathy Dement will supply a lot of power from the six-seat, while scrappy sophomore Kelly Ronan--a stroke on last year's novice eight--will sit four...
...first boat boasts four returnees from last year's Eastern Sprints champion eight. Powerhouse junior Nancy Kerrebrock moves up to the stroke seat, senior co-captains Mizzy Stokes and Jane Roy sit six and bow, respectively, and three-year veteran Karen Messer occupies the three-seat. Susie Peterson continues her duties in the coxswain's chair...
...ethical questions raised by developments in science, politics, and social issues in the past few years emphasize the rapidly increasing importance of responsible professionals. Was Karen Quinlan's doctor right to prolong her life? Should administrators employ affirmative action? How should scientists decide where to limit cloning? In response to questions like these, Harvard, and many other colleges are developing "applied ethics" courses. Enrollment in such courses has increased dramatically in recent years...
...Finnair ad, seeking to convince Americans that "great vacations start with flying Finnish," featured a fanciful headline about the invention of the sauna by a Finn who discovered that his wife "loved" being locked in a smokehouse and beaten with birch leaves. Lawyer Karen DeCrow, former president of the National Organization for Women, conceded in a letter to Finnair North American General Manager Leif Lundstrom that the airline had intended only to be funny-but added that wife beating was no laughing matter, either in Finland or the U.S. If Finnair did not drop the ad, said DeCrow, "we women...