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...professional ranks must not only match the men hour for hour but also be prepared to do continuous battle with skeptical views of their aspirations to be more than lovely but low-level "office flowers." Some companies endorse traditional expectations that women will resign when they get married. Toyota Motor Corp., for instance, gives women who do so a special "farewell money gift" of up to three months' salary. And Japanese companies are just awakening to the concept of sexual harassment. Many women complain that their managers attribute successful business deals by women to their feminine wiles rather than their...
...most pitiable of the displaced homemakers may be the 58% who are over 65. For many of them, the rules have changed too late in the game. Charlee Lambert, 67, for example, was married to a former Ford Motor Co. executive for 41 years and raised six children before the couple split up. Now she works two full-time jobs and shares her home with her adult daughter, her daughter's boyfriend and her mother; she also takes in boarders. Another divorced woman, who was married 40 years, moved in with her parents -- now in their late 70s -- while...
...income), bank taxes, excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, excise taxes on deeds, estate taxes, payments to the Commonwealth relating to horse and dog racing, payments to the commonwealth relating to boxing and sparring matches, taxes on utility companies, gasoline taxes, taxes on insurance companies, excise taxes on motor vehicles, taxes on urban redevelopment corporations, sales tax, use tax, room occupancy excise tax, property taxes, and taxes on proceeds from raffles and bazaars...
...earned respectful -- but qualified -- reviews from car critics, who praise its crisp handling, handsome interior design and solid workmanship. "A major step forward for General Motors," said Road & Track, while Motor Trend lauded the sports coupe as "a remarkable feat for the home team . . . something to be proud of." Even so, some critics complained about excessive wind noise and the raucous sound of Saturn's engine at high r.p.m., which Car and Driver described as "a chorus of Osterizers." Other critics found Saturn's styling to be too similar to other GM models...
...statistics that must be disclosed will include murder, rape, robbery, assault, liquor and drug violations and motor theft...