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...Raiders have been a one-woman show so far this year, with Co-Captain forward Suzanne Bowen providing the entertainment. The 5-ft., 11-in. junior led the team with 16 points and 11 rebounds in a 49-48 loss to Lafayette and then tallied 34 points and snared 21 rebounds in a 68-65 loss to Cornell. No other Colgate player is averaging in double figures. Today's game may mark the season debut of 5-ft., 11-in. forward Lolita Paegle, who hails from Riga, Latvia, in the Soviet Union...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: W. Cagers To Host Tourney | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

GRANDMA MOSES. Cloris Leachman portrays the centenarian farmwife and primitivist painter in a one-woman tour, this week in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jun. 12, 1989 | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

GRANDMA MOSES. Cloris Leachman portrays the centenarian farmwife and primitivist painter in a one-woman tour, this week in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jun. 5, 1989 | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...one-woman ground swell, however, has exposed a growing skittishness among advertisers. While many are "tonnage" buyers, willing to place their commercials anywhere, others carefully select shows in order to avoid being associated with questionable material. With the proliferation of so-called trash TV, the number of troublesome programs has multiplied. Among them are such tabloid shows as A Current Affair, Inside Edition and The Reporters; sensational talk programs like The Morton Downey Jr. Show and Geraldo; and occasional over-the-edge network offerings like Geraldo Rivera's NBC special last fall on Satanism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Putting A Brake on TV Sleaze | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...one-woman crusade has had dramatic results. Kimberly-Clark, McDonald's and Tambrands have asked their ad agencies to pull their commercials from Married. Coca-Cola has promised to screen future episodes. Says Rakolta: "It restores my faith in the big American product companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Too Bawdy At the Bundys' | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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