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Tokenism is, of course, unfair to qualified men, who risk getting trampled underfoot in the headlong rush to place women--any women--in high positions. It also denigrates women and tends to limit the number of real women powerholders, the Sansone candidacy being a case in point. It also keeps...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Fighting Back | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

Meeting in New York City, the 15 million member federation's executive council unanimously approved an ambitious but potentially risky plan to endorse a presidential candidate as early as December 1983. This is before the primaries get under way and is a dramatic repudiation of organized labor's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor's Love | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

In the days before proportional representation, before the Progressive Era, Cambridge selected its leaders by wards. Non-partisan conventions would nominate candidates for each of the five wards; the top vote-getters would win one of the ten seats. In its December 3rd issue, the Chronicle reported the proceedings of...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: City Politics a Century Ago: A Liquor and Trains Election | 11/3/1981 | See Source »

In presenting Sandra O'Connor to the press, Reagan described his right to nominate Supreme Court Justices as the presidency's "most awesome appointment" power. True enough, and chances are that he will have the opportunity to exercise that power again. Whether or not Reagan is able to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brethren's First Sister: Sandra Day O'Connor, | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

I nominate Senator Denton's hare-brained scheme to appropriate $30 million for a program to promote teen-age chastity for Senator Proxmire's "Golden Fleece" award.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 6, 1981 | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

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