Word: m
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...regard to your incredibly unenlightened and sexist remark that Golda Meir "could be as unbending as any man": I deeply resent your identification of inflexibility as a male trait. What you want to say, I'm sure, is that when she felt it necessary to be so, Mrs. Meir could be as hard-nosed as any international politician, most of whom happen to be male...
...found myself in total agreement with Mr. Kanfer's Essay on the dubious state of our language [Jan. 1]. Though I'm only 25 years old, I find it almost impossible to communicate with my 19-year-old brother, who spouts forth such unintelligible phrases as "icked out" and "icked up." (Yes, he says there is a difference between them...
...foul-up on their decision to use California's list of three-letter, three-digit combinations rather than prepare their own. The officials tried to eliminate prefixes that might be offensive to Iowans but overlooked GAY. Says Scott County Treasurer William Cusack: "Out in California I'm sure there is a waiting line for GAY plates. But not in Iowa." He is offering to exchange the GAY plates-1,000 were issued -on payment...
...their rooms. Chicago's O'Hare Hilton runs at more than 100% capacity-with strangers bedding down with strangers or sleeping on couches in the lobby and in booths in the restaurant-when storms or fog grounds planes. Says General Manager Lynn Montjoy: "I'm the nasty man who prays for bad weather." Though they deny it, managers often overbook by about 10%. Admits Paul Sheeline, chairman of the Inter-Continental chain: "Hotels overbook a little, like the airlines, because some people do not show...
...During reading period, I'm matter of fact about everything. I just got on the court determined to win, and I won," Sonnabend said yesterday...