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Where could women find examples of themselves? Foremost writers such as Goethe, Milton and Swift divided women between devils (vile, loath-some creatures) and angels, perpetual virgins who were equally unhuman. The quotes from these accepted geniuses are enough to turn any woman's hair prematurely grey: contemplation is feminine, action is masculine, and the ideal woman is a death-like fragile heroine ready to expire at a moment's notice. Edgar Allen Poe said, "The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world" -- no doubt to everyone except the woman who's doing...
Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...
...nothing, and the national average is a modest 20? to 30? an hour. Whatever their outlay, the states aim for a good return. It costs about $10,000 to house the average prisoner for a year, and with inmate population expanding and taxpayers' tolerance shrinking, legislators are loath to spend any more than they absolutely must to keep their penal systems going. Thus it is a boon when a state's prison industries can show an increase in sales like that in Massachusetts: from $200,000 in 1972 to $3.4 million last year. States can benefit...
...Oregon there lived a middle-aged man named Rodney, who was notorious as the "town faggot." Rodney's family was friends with mine, so one Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house I was introduced to him. I trembled with fear as I heard his name. This was the loath some man I'd been warned about? He seemed as harmless as my grand-father. In fact, he seemed nicer than my grandfather...
HYNDE'S MESSAGE is also irritating. Self-assured and in control, this new breed of woman artist (see Martha Davis of the Motels) is loath to display any signs of vulnerability, even emotion. Instead, they offer lines like...