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...People's Republic caught the fancy of the young in Paris two years ago as an alternative to the standard jeans and T shirts. "For the past ten years in the West, the fashion emphasis has been on 'the uniform,'' says American Designer Mary McFadden. "We had to have some resurrection of beautiful fabric and fantasy, and when you go to fantasy you must go ethnic...
...shaved, as every sophomore Bulldog in memory had. (It would take too long to grow back, he pleaded.) And no one was pleased when the ten blacks on the team, led by Walker, asked if they could live in a separate "Soul Cabin" at football camp. (This put Coach McFadden in the awkward position of having to, upon immediate arrival, assign living quarters, "This cabin for seniors, those two for sophomores and juniors, and that one in back...
...season ended on an away field. I embraced two of the coaches, but solemnly shook hands with a limping, crying Walker. We carried Coach McFadden off the field, but it was too far to the buses, so we put him down. By the time the buses brought us back to our school, the season was already stale to us. It seemed a little forced when we threw Coach McFadden into the showers...
...career started almost by accident. Newly married and with a commerce degree from Ohio State, Mrs. McFadden took a temporary accounting job at Jewel and planned to quit as soon as she became a mother. When children did not arrive, she redirected her energy to the job. The drive to excel pushed her slowly up the male-dominated ranks to a vice presidency, paying an estimated $50,000 or more. She fears that her drive also earned her accusations of being ambitious, even ruthless, and she concedes: "I am a much nicer person now than I was when getting here...
...McFadden has been willing to put up with heavy traveling and many all-male meetings. She still runs afoul of slights because of her sex. Recently she went golfing with Jewel officers, and was told that women were not allowed to play that day. In finding more women executives for Jewel, she has been markedly unsuccessful. She admits that she might be a more severe judge than a man would be: "It could be the standards I've set for myself, or it might be a certain amount of jealousy...