Word: parenting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are some early signs that the Democrats' strategy of broadening the gender gap into a chasm may be effective. In Virginia, after Ferraro's selection, women workers in day care centers began asking every parent to register and vote. In Alabama, Mondale campaign headquarters logged within hours 65 calls from women volunteers. But how widespread will this phenomenon be, how long will it last and to what ex- tent might it be offset by a backlash among men and more traditionalist women...
...looking for someone who's charismatic--we've got someone like that in the White House now," says Travers. A bit more parent-like, she warns, 'I realize that young people are not turned on [by Mondale], but this is no time to play apathetic...
...nothing but excitement." In a highly unusual move, GM plans to issue a new type of its stock for investors who want to continue putting their chips on EDS. It will be called Class E, and its dividends will be tied to the performance of EDS rather than the parent company...
...morning, goes into her office and functions till 5," he notes. "She works on her column or her play, and they get done when she says they'll be done. That is terribly depressing to someone else trying to write." However, the two of them, each the parent of three children, did achieve instant rapport on the awfulness of adolescence. "She gave me more hope than she offers her readers," Skow says. "She reassured me that all one's children do eventually grow up and leave home...
...Picture Association of America (M.P.A.A.) seemed close to making perhaps the most sweeping change in the rating system since it was established 16 years ago. Ready for unveiling is a new rating, known as PG-13, that would prohibit children under 13 from being admitted unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. The rating would presumably be used in the future for movies like Indiana Jones that are deemed acceptable for teen-agers but potentially harmful to younger children...