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DIED. Dave Garroway, 69, hornrimmed, bow-tied founding host of NBC's Today show; by his own hand (shotgun); in Swarthmore, Pa. Today's producers were looking for a dynamic personality in 1952 until Garroway sold them on "a lean-against-the-ladder, go-to-sleep-standingup guy like me." Of his style, he once said, "I talk right to the camera as if it were the one other single person who is here with me." He mixed movie and book reviews with political reports, as well as off-hand comments on personal passions such as sports cars...
...sterility of the ladies aid society. The adjacent office's blue floor and low ceiling immediately creates a different space, although both "rooms" are quite small and are not separated by real barriers. In addition, Bernick's office adds a touch of humor. He reachs his desk by a ladder and descends by means of a fireman's pole--a constant reminder of levity which moderates several serious scenes, most notably one potentially awkward encounter between Bernick and his foreman Aune (Mark Driscoll...
...year. From 1970 on, the annual rate slowed to .3%. The job situation, according to most estimates, is not likely to improve, either now or later. Concludes Demographer Richard Easterlin, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania: "These graduates will have a relatively slow movement up the job ladder...
...conclusion: married men do best, and married women worst, because in traditional marriage the wife lives to support her husband's career and takes her own less seriously. Says the sociologist: "The family provides a kind of support system for the husband, pushing him up the job-advancement ladder. That doesn't happen for a single man or woman, and certainly not for a married woman, who is charged with performing domestic tasks...
...grounds, and appears as a spokesman for American Express. Into this halycon world enters Clubber Lang (Mr. T), an enormous fighter who sports a mohawk. While Balboa runs around in designer suits, Lang really runs, getting in increasingly better shape as he climbs the boxing world's challenge ladder. Rocky agrees to fight Lang, taking on his former rival Apollo Creed as coach...