Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...given lesser awards for its sound track and its lead actor, Forest Whitaker. Eastwood dutifully mounted the Palais stage, and though he stood tall, his dignity was stooped. The ceiling of expectations for his film was too high, the reward for lending his easy magnetism to Cannes too low...
...guarantees it. But while women today are better educated, healthier and more fully represented in the professions and on local government councils than their mothers' generation was, they remain second- class citizens. At work -- women hold 51% of the jobs in the Soviet Union -- they find themselves confined to low-paying positions and are noticeably absent from management posts. In the Communist Party, they make up 29% of the membership, but no woman sits in the ruling 13-member Politburo and less than a dozen in the 307-member Central Committee. Almost 60 years ago, Lenin described the woman...
...Gorbachev can maintain his course, the next few years hold further promise. He has pledged to increase child allowances for low-income families and extend preschool child care. Plans to expand part-time employment options are particularly appealing to working women, most of whom want to hold on to their jobs but not full time. The Soviet Women's Committee, which submits to the government proposals on legislation affecting females, is seeking to increase the number of day-care centers (currently there are 3 million children without places) and build greater flexibility into work schedules. Some factories have begun...
...hardly unique. Over the long Memorial Day weekend, many of America's 54 million anglers headed for the nearest river, lake or bay armed with depth finders, pH meters and computerized tackle. The history of fishing is a history of equipment, but with the advent of low-cost electronics, one of the world's most popular participatory sports has rapidly become its most high tech. "Fishermen are looking for every advantage they can get," says Robert Sullivan, a salesman at Larry Smith Electronics in Riviera Beach, Fla. "They are saying, 'Give us more, more, more...
...network exemplifies this vision more than CNN, whose service is currently available in 58 countries. When President Reagan arrives in Moscow this week to meet with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, CNN will provide a special broadcast on a low-power UHF channel available to most Muscovites. The cable network will soon begin selling a Spanish-language news program to broadcasters in several countries in Latin America...