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Beyond Mackay-Smith's office--cluttered with schedules of Orientation Week and notes for an impending meeting with proctors--the receptionist had already received a preview of things to come: one father (who admitted to sneaking into Strauss Hall before the September 6 opening date) had called to complain about his son's room...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First-Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Beyond Mackay-Smith's office--cluttered with schedules of Orientation Week and notes for an impending meeting with proctors--the receptionist had already received a preview of things to come: one father (who admitted to sneaking into Strauss Hall before the September 6 opening date) had called to complain about his son's room...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

Occupants of the row of seats reserved for family and friends when the Judiciary Committee begins Thomas' confirmation hearings this September could constitute a new American Gothic -- doting nuns in their 70s; a mother who works as a receptionist and nurse's aide at a hospital; the father who has rarely been seen since he abandoned the family; a sister, whom Thomas once criticized for relying on welfare and who now works as a cook at a hospital; his second wife, Virginia Lamp Thomas, of the Labor Department, who made her reputation in Washington fighting against comparable-worth legislation that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Marching to a Different Drummer | 7/15/1991 | See Source »

...many times I played a prostitute") and eager for more freedom, Khouri dropped out after five semesters. She moved to Nashville, where she worked as an apprentice at a local theater, then supported herself as a waitress -- like Louise -- before migrating to Los Angeles. There a job as a receptionist with a production company introduced her to the world of music videos. "I loved the work, but I was unhappy with what came out of it," Khouri says. "There was the dilemma of having very strong feelings about women and then paying them to writhe to music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving into The Driver's Seat | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...East, first to New York City, where she was a hostess at the World's Fair, then to Washington, where she joined the staff of Senator Eugene McCarthy. Was she McCarthy's press secretary, as the book jacket on her biography of Jackie Onassis claimed? "She was a good receptionist," said McCarthy, but she also handed out press releases. The jacket blurb was later revised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meeeow! The Saga Of Kitty | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

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