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Word: plait (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Director: Yeah, we're decided all right. I'll take care of everything. Tell the Big Man not to worry, sans detail s'il vous plait. (Turning to the Bag Lady) Excuse me miss, where do you get your political opinions...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Being There | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...station ordered her to cut her shoulder-length hair. Mary Alice Williams was urged in 1979 by NBC's New York station to change her eye color with tinted contact lenses. Dorothy Reed was forbidden in 1980 by ABC's San Francisco station to plait her hair in corn rows. The three women, and many of their counterparts, cheered last week when Christine Craft, 38, won a $500,000 damage verdict against the former owners of a Kansas City station, KMBC, that dropped her as an anchor in 1981. Craft charged that Station Manager R. Kent Replogle told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Requiem for TV's Gender Gap? | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

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