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Hamilton says a woman who seldom makes sexism an issue has more effect when she does make an objection. "I got called the 'prettiest little girl in our class' by a classmate at a job-hunting party. I pointed out to him later that that wasn't a compliment--and...
Kate Merritt, a second-year student, echoed this objection. "My human behavior professor was scared to death of the issue...At least one-third of the guys in my section would be impossible for a women to work with. The school is abdicating a responsibility by not making the men...
Peoples also said he does not believe the union has been weakened because it reversed its vote on the contract. "The University is now aware our workers will not idly accept any contract they will give, and the University is aware of our basic objection about no concrete benefits," he...
In Frank Capra's classic cinemorality play, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, an idealistic hick politician successfully filibusters the Senate into accepting his impassioned arguments. Last week another Mr. Smith - also a country boy, albeit a shrewd one from a far country - went to Washington seeking somewhat the same...
The decision drew howls from environmentalists, politicians and some local Orkney residents. Liberal M.P. Jo Grimond, who represents the islands at Westminster, called on Secretary of State for Scotland Bruce Millan to ask if the slaughter was really necessary. The U.N.-backed International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural...