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O'Connor, however, sticks to her vision of a "global" San Diego that somehow, with strict limits on new growth, will also preserve its beach-town quality of life. And she sticks up for women leaders as being more approachable than men, more service oriented and more concerned with their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lady Power in the Sunbelt | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

"Generally speaking, any improvement we canmake is good," said Pilbeam. "Although therealities of a research-oriented university likeHarvard renders unfeasible certain aspects of thestudy, even the smallest improvement we can makeis beneficial."

Author: By Roger G. Kuo, | Title: Research Suggests Teaching Changes | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

Where do column items come from? Though the particulars vary from city to city, the tricks of the trade are fairly constant. Sources must be cultivated, glamorous friends coddled, and, of course, press agents heeded as they relentlessly push tips. Certain restaurants are musts. In Los Angeles it's Le...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gossip: Pssst...Did You Hear About? | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

One veteran film publicist terms today's gossip columnists "more professional than they used to be, more fact oriented, less careless, less reliant on hearsay." In Winchell's day, he notes, columnists ran more blind items in which no names were used, and thus were more apt to take a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gossip: Pssst...Did You Hear About? | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

The two former dance instructors, who started their pageant business 19 years ago, earn a lucrative income from their operation of state and local pageants. That is because the Miss USA competition, unlike the rival Miss America system, is a profit-oriented venture. In Texas, Guy and Holt oversee a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Profits In Poise and Pulchritude | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

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