Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remark illustrates the style of Mrs. Betty Southard Murphy, 41, mother of two, candidate for general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a first-rate labor lawyer. She is quiet in manner and conservative in appearance (little makeup or jewelry), but her energy and competence have brought her a nationwide reputation and a $40,000 income in a highly competitive field...
...gives a fuck about dual meets?" I once heard a swimmer remark. "The only thing I give a damn about are the Eastern and the Nationals." With these words of wisdom in mind, and with Harvard's dual-meet slate (which ended last week with a traditional blitzing by Yale) finally over, the Crimson will be looking for greater glory when it returns to New Haven this weekend for the year's version of the Eastern Seabord Championships...
...Place de la Bastille to the Hôtel de Ville. Had the Premier, who has been a deputy, mayor of Bordeaux, minister of the Fourth and Fifth Republics and speaker of the National Assembly, now become a liability to his party? Gaullist Deputy Jacques Richard overheard a shopgirl remark, as she paid her taxes, "Ah, if only I could manage things like Chaban." "That," said Richard, "is when I realized how serious the situation...
...Mystique) allowed as how Editor-Founder Gloria Steinem of Ms. magazine is "ripping off the movement for private profit. The media tried to make her a celebrity," Betty went on, "but no one would mistake her for a leader." Ms. Steinem said that her "stomach dropped" on hearing the remark. The truth, she replied, "is that the magazine has cost a lot of money, and it continues to cost me money, and every penny is worth it." Ms. Friedan responded by claiming she had been quoted out of context, but Ms. Steinem was having none of it. Though...
...early-morning Today show, Barbara came out with the first television interview with H.R. Haldeman, a key member of Nixon's Teutonic guard. She elicited from Haldeman the charge that critics of Nixon's Viet Nam peace plan were "consciously aiding and abetting the enemy"-a remark that made headlines across the nation, drew angry rebuttals from the critics, and forced the White House to do some awkward smoothing over...