Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pension reform. No employer would be required to set up a pension plan. Many blue-collar workers take their first jobs at 16 but would not have to be included in pension plans until they are 25 (though they must then be given credit for three years' vesting). Karen W. Ferguson, a Washington attorney and ally of Ralph Nader, complains that not requiring full vesting for ten or 15 years is unfair, given the high mobility of the U.S. labor force: "An employee fortunate enough to stay under a single pension plan throughout his work life will always...
...Karen Phillips, 24, director of Christian education at Trinity United and originally a Nixon fan, had felt betrayed by the Administration when Spiro Agnew fell in disgrace last October. But the President's farewell address shook her. "My heart went out to him," she said. "I really felt he was in the same room talking to me, apologizing to me." She was alone, and she wept before the TV set. Earlier, she had thought that Nixon should be subject to prosecution like any other citizen. After the speech she decided: "I think resigning is enough. I'm willing...
...KAREN DECROW...
...Karen DeCrow, 36. "Gender should not be a very important aspect of how one functions in society today," says the newly elected president of the National Organization for Women, the largest (40,000 members in 700 chapters) and most influential group in the U.S. women's liberation movement. DeCrow, a Northwestern alumna, was raised in Chicago and held a series of editorial jobs there and in New York City before moving to Syracuse in 1965. Protesting unfair wage practices toward women, she joined NOW in 1967, won a degree from Syracuse University's law school five years later...
...enormous loudspeakers installed in the theater to ensure a seat-shaking rumble for the audience. Universal will also release Airport 1975, a sequel to its earlier high-and-mightily profitable Airport. In this terminal picture, Earthquake Survivor Heston attempts a mid-air transfer from a helicopter to aid Stewardess Karen Black in landing a disabled and pilotless 747. Later the studio will re-create the burning of the Hindenburg, with George C. Scott and a specially built 60-ft. demidirigible...