Word: ms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...edition of The Crimson quoted Kevin Starr, praising the appointment of Laura M. Gordon as the next Senior Tutor of Eliot House. You also quoted Mr. Starr's statement that Ms. Gordon will be the first woman appointed as a Senior Tutor...
...Ms. had about as unlikely a launching as any magazine ever had. Its first "issue" was a 44-page supplement in New York magazine's year-end edition last December. Ms. had a glamorous and talented editor in Gloria Steinem, but minimal financing. It did not put out its first regular monthly issue until July. But last week Ms. was the talk of the trade. Its December circulation reached 395,000. Ms. has 160,000 subscribers (at $9 a year) and sells 235,000 copies (at $1) on newsstands around the country; the January print order has been raised...
Although the issue containing Ms. broke all of New York's newsstand sales records, skeptics argued that the curiosity of women east of the Hudson River was an unreliable barometer of national interest. When a preview edition was released nationwide in January, the scoffing stopped. The issue's 300,000 copies on newsstands from Detroit to San Francisco to Moscow, Idaho, sold out in eight days and garnered more than 36,000 subscriptions...
Encouraged by this response, Warner Communications agreed to invest $1,000,000 to buy a 25% interest in the newly formed Ms. Magazine Corp. Steinem and three other full-time staffers began scouring the country for women journalists. The key acquisition was Patricia Carbine, then editor in chief at McCall's and before that an 18-year veteran of Look. "I was convinced that the moment was about right for a serious and focused magazine that would concentrate on the question of how to change a woman's life," Carbine says. "I wasn't really finished...
...EVERYONE would tell us what they covet (Which isn't always what they really need) We'd gladly do our best to help (we'd love it) And to our friends deliver these, with speed. First to the Boks the Prez and Ms Two basketballs, one hers, one his With lesson from coach Harrison And best regards for everyone. For Marina Horner, and Joseph too A real merge merger to both of you, Reverence to Deany Lord Dunlop Epps Don't ship on tey U-Hall steps to Peterson. Dals and other veeps We'll wished no enses to wake...