Word: pit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fight to eliminate deficits was a change in the way departments request new personnel. Five years ago, each department head would tramp into Rosovsky's office with strong arguments for small increases in staffing, arguments that were hard to refute or refuse. There was no way to pit them against each other or to put the proverbial big picture together. Under the revised system, each year at this time the department heads meet with Kaufmann and other financial officials, and plead their cases. Kaufmann says this set-up means that Rosovsky will be able to calculate how much extra tuition...
...economic crisis of the '80s" will affect women workers more than their male counterparts and will "pit men against women in a cut throat competition for the crumbs," Fonda predicted...
Just as successful-if slightly more circumspect-is the Pit Stop Lounge in Coldwater, Mich., some 100 miles west of Detroit. Like the Sugar Shack, this establishment is owned by a woman-a former bank clerk named Glenda Brewer-but here male customers are banned from the club during the two-hour show. What they miss is a group of dancers called Fast Freddy and the Playboys, who strip down to bikini briefs and then swivel through the throng, always staying slightly clad and out of reach. "I think they're terrific," says Kay Love, 45, a factory worker...
...patron ripped off his bikini. An on-duty policewoman happened to be in the audience, and Rexy was subsequently arrested for indecent exposure and the club fined for not having an entertainment license. Though booked elsewhere, Fast Freddy and the Playboys are still waiting in the wings at the Pit Stop, and nearly 100 loyal patrons have staged a protest rally. Complains Stempien: "We're put off to think that we can't have that entertainment any more." For now, it's back to the bridge clubs and bowling alleys in Coldwater...
...York thrives between the pit and the pendulum. Theater attendance is up and so is the number of tourists who come to the megalopolis. This gas-shy summer will be no exception. Herewith, in alphabetical order, a ten-best list of attractions on and off Broadway well worth the high price of admission. Mind you, taste is a priceless democratic choice, and there are other shows that will reward a visit...