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...well have you kept up with the great crusade against discrimination? Find out with the following jiffy quiz. Mark each item true or false: 1) A white female office worker, fired after she was caught fornicating on business premises during working hours, filed a charge of discrimination against the employer, contending that she had been dismissed only because her sexual partner was black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sensible Limits of Non-Discriminiation | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...racked up a perfect score, congratulations, but take note: your mind is remarkably attuned to the absurd and the ridiculous. Only such a mind can distinguish between the real and the fantastic among the cases that are increasingly popping up in the crusade against discrimination. Many complaints, as the quiz is intended to make clear, are more farfetched than the most bizarre spoof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sensible Limits of Non-Discriminiation | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

Consider the real-life episodes referred to in the quiz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sensible Limits of Non-Discriminiation | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...avail. Keep your ears to the ground on this one...Who was the third emperor of Rome?...Who played "Ethel" in the old "Lucy" series?...Who was Elizabeth Taylor's twelfth husband?...There might have been a punch thrown in that Ali-Evangelista fight last night...Trivia Quiz: Who played Elizabeth Taylor's 12th husband in the boxing movie of the same name? Speaking of breakfast--my canteloupe's congealing...Have a nice reading period. Later, Rich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ali-Whatsisname Debacle: What's For Breakfast Today? | 5/18/1977 | See Source »

...received an overwhelming response from last week's e.e. cummings quiz in free verse but, unfortunately, not all of the answers were correct...J.M. from Kirkland wrote in "Mike Curtis?"...F.M. from Winthrop wondered if it was "Carmelita Pope"...The correct answer was Bernie Carbo...Here's this week's quiz...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: SPORTS | 5/12/1977 | See Source »

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