Word: pioneers
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...concludes that his witty, zealous subject is a pioneer, "the first" cutting her way through a man's world that most women were scared even to enter." As to what she is not-including the "bitch" her enemies accused her of being-Sheed is less sure. She is not "a heartless schemer," she is not a "cold climber." Certainly she is not just "Luce's woman." In the end, all he can do is shrug and quote his subject: " 'Do not defend me' is almost her heraldic motto, and I'll do my best...
...What a great feeling!" the pioneer "Scat" or nonsense syllable singer, said after accepting the award Fitzgerald who spent part of her career with the Duke Ellington band said that she had once played at a Harvard prom adding "Who would have ever thought I'd be back to receive an award--it's been a long time this has made up for all the time...
ROLM Corp. in Santa Clara, a manufacturer of computerized telephones and computers for the military, has been a pioneer in developing a new corporate life-style that encourages worker loyalty and innovation. The company built a $1 million sports complex at its headquarters that is used by two-thirds of the staff members. They can stretch their muscles on Nautilus body-building equipment, take lessons in aerobic dancing and Kung Fu and then relax in a Jacuzzi or a tanning parlor...
...ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. As the roll call was taken, women in the packed galleries sat quietly. Then came the tally: 27 to 21 against. In the balcony a small group of ERA supporters chanted slogans and unfurled a yellow banner picturing a pioneer woman and carrying the words EQUALITY DENIED 1982. Barely a day later, a similar scene unfolded in the Georgia house. The gallery was hushed as a red or green light flashed next to lawmakers' names on the voting board. The final vote: 116 to 57 against. ERA backers stood and silently...
White's technology often seems creaky, partly because he was a pioneer. Modern sci-fi doomsdayers would never predict the end of the world from an excess of radio waves, or have radial-engine Curtiss Condor transports symbolize the overreach of the air age. Even so, White was always among the first to discern the now familiar signs and portents: ecological disturbances, the decline of various species, the discovery that last year's medical boons may lead to tomorrow's degenerative diseases, the horrors of a mindless but ubiquitous visual press, and the debilitating result of trying...