Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make 30% to 40% more than holders of traditionally female jobs like secretary and nurse. Commission Chairman Clarence Pendleton and other opponents argue that comparable worth laws would involve the Government in a morass of subjective judgments about salary considerations best left to the free market; Democratic Representative Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio, a proponent, dismisses these objections as "hysterical responses (that) detract from a reasoned public debate of sex-based wage discrimination." The draft report concludes that enforcing comparable worth laws would require massive Government intervention into the economy and lead to "a radical reordering of our economic system...
...Commerce Department projected last week that the gross national product in the first quarter of the year will grow at a sluggish annual rate of 2.1%, less than half the 4.3% clip of the previous three months. The news about inflation, however, was less discouraging. Consumer prices rose in February at an annual rate of 4.2%, about the same moderate pace...
Whenever Anne feels moved privately to condemn Caroline's behavior, "an anger rose up in her as if the accusation had come from someone else. No one would have pored through a male artist's letters to his children as she had through Caroline's." Her investigations into the life of a female artist convince Anne of the world's unfairness: "The truth of the matter was that for a woman to have accomplished something, she had to get out of the way of her own body." As she broods on her feelings for her children, Anne increasingly wonders whether...
...does believe in profits: Capital Cities, named for the state capitals (Albany, N.Y., and Raleigh, N.C.) where its first two television stations were located, has reaped record earnings in each of its 30 years. True to form, 1984 revenues rose 23%, to $940 million, while profits of $143 million were up 24% over 1983. The company's stock has risen along with its fortunes, from $18 per share in 1974 to a peak of $174.50 last year, earning Capital Cities a reputation among investors as "the Cadillac of the industry...
...will be "evolutionary," thus echoing Zuckerman's pledge not to alter the magazine precipitately and risk alienating longtime readers. With a circulation of 2 million, U.S. News runs a distant third behind TIME (U.S. circ. 4.4 million) and Newsweek (2.8 million). Ad pages dipped slightly last year, but revenues rose 8%, to $101 million. One sure change will be the magazine's look: Zuckerman has hired Designer Walter Bernard, who worked with Coffey on new graphics for the Post last fall, to restyle U.S. News...