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When Vicki Gordon, a producer of CBS's trendy magazine show West 57th, opened this month's issue of Esquire, she was horrified. There on page 142 was a scorching picture of Meredith Vieira, one of the show's on-air correspondents, seated in a chair, head shyly hidden in folded arms -- and pink taffeta skirt hiked up, revealing an extravagance of thighs and a beauty mark on the inside | of her knee. Gordon promptly called the magazine to protest. To her chagrin, she soon learned that Vieira herself was unruffled. Indeed, the 34-year-old journalist had happily posed...
Others cheered Vieira's attitude. Said Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan: "I've been defending the idea for years that you could be womanly, interested in sex and still be a serious achiever." Declared Andrew Lack, executive producer of West 57th: "I think Meredith is a fascinating woman, and that was reflected in the piece. Being sexy does not compromise your journalistic values...
...Meredith Vieira joins the growing band of female TV journalists who flout the old rules by flaunting their glamour and sex appeal...
...Special Concentrations Department also helps its students because it "cuts out a lot of red tape" in taking graduate school courses, says Meredith G. Lazo '89, who is also concentrating in, Organizational Behavior...
...Meredith usually runs three to four races," Toner said. "[Five] is an unusual number of races. It will not happen again this season...