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...when the buses were supposed to pull out of the parking lot, the ranks had grown. A middle-aged Foxboro matron in an orange pantsuit and a mink coat, an overweight stetsonned friend of the family, and 15 or 20 reports. And another three buses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eight Buses and 19 Passengers Show Up for Anti-Iran Protest | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...church organist, teacher of a women's class, a devoted wife and the mother of four. Energetic, attractive and dutiful, Sonia Johnson, 43, seemed the very model of a modern Mormon matron. But she was also a militant lobbyist for the Equal Rights Amendment. Last week, apparently as a result, she found herself excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sterling Park, Va. She can still attend services, but can take no active part in the life of the congregation. More important, Mormons believe that if she does not repent and get rebaptized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Savage Misogyny | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Arnold was already being interviewed when Hercules made it to WCVB. He ran a lumpy matron through some bent-arm flyes to increase her bustline. "Look, it's growing already." There was a satellite photo of Iranians whipping themselves on the second monitor. The woman did some more flyes...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Long the fat matron of Montreal's once powerful English-speaking minority, the Star consistently outsold its morning rival, the Gazette (circ. 168,000), which was founded in 1778 and is owned by the Southam chain (the Ottawa Citizen and 13 other Canadian dailies). But over the past two decades, Toronto has gradually displaced Montreal as the nation's leading city. English-speaking Montrealers began moving out in even larger numbers after René Lévesque's secession-minded Parti Québecois won control of Quebec in 1976. For a while, the Star weathered that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Star Is Shorn | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...supervisors. Miller had been formally censured by the Navy Department after an investigation into charges that he had collaborated with the North Vietnamese. But he was recommended by Fonda, who met him when she was broadcasting anti-American messages from Hanoi during the war. She also served as matron of honor at Miller's recent second marriage; Hayden was best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Long Hot Summer of Discontent | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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