Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feminist perspective). The fact that the three men recognized that their level of interest and commitment was quite different from that of the women and decided not to enroll shows that all of us shared a common understanding of the alternatives and of the final decision. (I might note that I offered the men Independent Studies, to enable them to pursue their interests in feminist or women's issues in a systematic...
...audit accepted Ford's story about his spending habits. According to the Washington Post, the audit, however, did note that in 1972 Ford paid most of his day-to-day living expenses from checks drawn on a bank account funded by honorariums from speeches, reimbursements for travel and some political contributions. The bank account was the Fifth District one, and the IRS assertion only buttressed the impression that Ford did not fully live up to the House ethics requirement of maintaining a strict separation between private and political funds. The overall impression that emerges from the audit...
...competent, but certainly not dazzling, politicians who scarcely differ in their approach to key issues. Most Western and Japanese political leaders are softly cheering for Ford. His main attraction: being a known quantity, v. the relatively unknown Jimmy Carter. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt makes it a point to note privately that Ford has "grown" into the presidency and is much more intelligent and decisive than is popularly thought. But the West Germans also regard Carter as a highly competent, tough and intelligent politician, and are pleased that he has tempered his earlier cries for cuts in the defense budget...
...devotees were beginning to wonder whether the thin-and-getting-thinner news monthly was worth opening the mailbox for, More burst on the scene this summer with a totally new format. While the old More dwelled solely on news, and the men and women who make it, the introductory note in the July/August issue said the magazine would now cover advertising, book publishing, film, public relations and marketing. For long-time More readers the change was astonishing and intriguing...
...from the July/August issue. An explanation at the end of the letters section shatters "The Best Crystal Balls on the Bus" piece by telling us that the writer, Milton S. Gwirtzman, is on Jimmy Carter's staff. Then, as if to rub things in a bit, More's editors note that Gwirtzman's "involvement with Carter in no way diminishes his analysis." Sure. And perhaps Gwirtzman didn't have it in mind to butter up a few national reporters for the homestretch...