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When the city council of Woonsocket, R.I., three weeks ago approved some job descriptions that eliminated supposedly sexist language, a utility man became a utility person, whose duties included "building personholes." Ever since, Woonsocket has been the butt of jokes from as far away as California, prompting Francis Lanctot, a councilman, er, person, to voice his feelings in verse. Excerpt...
...reading the letters, Committee Chairman Leon Casgrain, at the instigation of the Premier, forehandedly announced that Antoine Taschereau had already resigned his job as legislative accountant. Next day, again beating M. Duplessis to the headlines, Premier Taschereau accepted the resignation of doddering, 71-year-old Deputy Attorney General Charles Lanctot...