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Will the shortage of young women in the movement cause feminism to fade away because it can't replenish its troops? Gloria Steinem says no. Young women have never provided feminism's shock troops, she says, and to assume otherwise reflects a male model of activism that has never applied to women. "I wasn't a feminist in my 20s either," she says. Where men tend to get more conservative as they get older, "it's always been the older women who are more radical than the younger women." Her reasoning is that young men have nothing to lose...
...tackle the holly maze behind the Governor's Palace, buy new quill pens and replenish my supplies of ink and sealing wax at least once a year or else suffer from withdrawal...
Worse yet, the rain fell too far south to replenish the state's reservoirs, which now hold only about one-third the normal amount of water. The federal Bureau of Reclamation, California's largest water supplier, said it would halt deliveries to farms in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, threatening crops in two of the nation's richest agricultural areas...
...being criticized for it. "The enviros have been pimps for water marketing," says environmental consultant William Kier. He notes that Yuba City uses less than 10% of its water entitlement from the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, then sells the remainder to Southern California rather than allow it to replenish the fragile delta system...
...recent stock deal should raise $330 million. And last week the perpetual American underdog announced the sale of its half-interest in Diamond-Star Motors to Japanese joint-owner Mitsubishi Motors for $100 million. Chrysler may give up its 12% interest in the foreign firm, which would not only replenish its coffers but add a bit more credibility to Chairman Lee's Japan bashing as well...