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Many feminists, however, find Isadora's obsession with men a confirmation of the worst stereotypes about women. Sandra Hochman, author of Walking Papers, admires Jong's frankness but complains that Isadora is "just another female loser, left in the end to choose between one creep and another." Becky Gould, newly elected president of the National Organization for Women in Los Angeles, objects to the fact that Jong's heroine "derives her identity through her relationships with men. She is prefeminist, confusing libidinal bluntness with liberation." Gould concedes, however, that Jong has helped make headway for women writers...
Ford's gimmicky WIN (Whip Inflation Now) voluntary program was a stillborn loser. A lot of WIN buttons were flashed around the White House, inspiring ribald imitations elsewhere, but in fact, from a President it was singularly inappropriate advice to stop spending just when sales were dropping in a stalled economy. Henry Ford II, for one, informed Ford of his error...
Mitch Silverman was the only other loser for the Crimson, as Engineer Jack Mosinger handed him a 5-2 decision at 118 lbs. Kip Smith, wrestling unlimited, held off his gargantuan opponent Erlan Van Lithejude in the final match and pulled...
...working," Strauss said privately at one point with characteristic bluntness. "I've got talent too, of course, but I work damn hard. I've made a success of my marriage, my family, my business, my law practice and now my politics. If they wanted a loser, they got the wrong man. I'm a winner...
...junta won seats in the new Parliament. So did Alexandras Panagoulis, the would-be assassin of ex-Dictator George Papadopoulos. But Actress Melina Mercouri, an outspoken opponent of the old regime, went down to a narrow defeat on the Pasok ticket in her working-class district in Piraeus. Another loser was Composer Mikis Theodorakis, who ran as one of the candidates of the United Left, an umbrella organization of Greece's three Communist parties...