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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BABY M case, decided last week, produced at least as much posturing as it did postulating among commentators. For feminists, the trial provided an opportunity for some male-bashing. And from the hawkers of surrogate parenting came the ridiculous claim that New Jersey Superior Court Judge Harvey R. Sorkow's ruling had made an honest woman of surrogacy...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Mommie Dearest: | 4/7/1987 | See Source »

Paul Johnson, a white male who had worked for the agency for 13 years, also applied. He and Joyce were among the seven applicants who scored above 70 on the oral exam and were considered qualified. Joyce scored 73, Johnson 75. The local supervisor picked Johnson, but the county's affirmative-action coordinator recommended Joyce. When she got the job, Johnson got a lawyer. Like Allen Bakke and Brian Weber and countless other white males since the advent of affirmative-action programs some 20 years ago, Johnson claimed he was a victim of reverse discrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balancing Act | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...move to an island and dedicate a year of his life to becoming a hunk. He's been chronicling his progress in a series of wry letters appearing in scores of newspapers, but maybe you haven't been reading them. My friends find his quest both repellent (classic male vanity) and intriguing (classic male fantasy). To me, it seems like just about the most skillful bit of packaging I've yet to see, and the craziest. What kind of grown man does something like this in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: The Rebuilding of Remar Sutton | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Living out a classic male fantasy, Remar Sutton spends a year in the Bahamas reshaping from chunk to hunk and hyping the result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...when the phone rang. As soon as he answered, an unfamiliar voice blurted out a string of obscenities, then the caller hung up. Goldberger, a department-store manager in Harrisburg, Pa., calmly pressed *69 on his telephone, triggering an automatic return of the call. A phone rang; the same male voice answered. "You just called my house, and I don't appreciate what you said!" shouted Goldberger. The stunned teenager mumbled an apology and then asked, "How did you know it was me?" "It was easy," Goldberger replied. "My telephone is smarter than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telephones Get Smart | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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