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...Deemed too small, too soft to show muscle at the box office. Working -- or, more often, not working -- at the whim of the men who make the movies. According to the Screen Actors Guild, only 29.1% of all feature-film roles in 1989 went to women. The average male SAG member earned 60% more than the average female; of actors in their 50s, men earned 150% more. "It looks to me as though females get hired along procreative lines," says Carrie Fisher, actress (Star Wars) and writer (Postcards from the Edge). "After 40, we're kind of cooked...
...fraction of the booty commanded by the dozen or so male stars with whom the world is on a first-name basis (Arnold, Sly, Bruce, Jack, Eddie, Tom . . .). And her sisters on the screen make far less in far fewer roles. "If the trend continues," Streep told a SAG women's conference last summer, "by the year 2000 women will represent 13% of all roles. And in 20 years we will have been eliminated from movies entirely. But that's not going to happen, is it, ladies...
...bass boat, complete with electronic fish-finder, says the water is a funny color near the dead steel factory. But Ellsworth's houses and churches are painted, and yards are mowed. The surrounding dairy farms seem prosperous, though fewer farmers run bigger spreads and here and there old farmhouses sag blind and empty. A girls' softball team looks sharp in maroon uniforms as the players warm up for a game...
...industry that has seen the tennis boom bottom out, the ski trend sag and the jogging craze slow down, blading is the bright new hope for future growth in sporting-goods sales. Industry experts believe that blades will rival the $350 million alpine-ski-boot market in the next decade. Says Thomas Doyle, research director for the National Sporting Goods Association: "It's a natural fitness activity, and the price is right." The cost ranges from $100 for basic in-line skates to $330 for pumped-up Racerblades, which have five wheels instead of the usual four...
...executives insist that Today's ratings sag does not imply a rejection of Norville. "Whenever there's an anchor change on a broadcast, there's always a reaction," says Tom Capra, who took over as executive producer last month. "Part of the audience is happy, part of the audience is sad, and usually the ratings drop." CBS This Morning also has a new executive producer, who is expanding the show's feature and entertainment coverage; the hope is that a new co-anchor will lure viewers to sample the broadcast at a time when they might be shopping for alternatives...