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24. Speaking of pint-sized ballplayers, the smallest ballplayer ever was midget, Eddie Gaedel, who tipped the scales at 65 pounds and was but 3-ft, 7-in, tall. For ten huge points, talking height and weight into account, who was the biggest regular player (non-pitcher) ever to play...
Should the Government try to set similar pay scales for jobs that, while dissimilar, ostensibly require equivalent skill, responsibility and effort? Next week the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is expected to approve a draft report that calls the concept, known as comparable worth, "profoundly and irretrievably flawed."
Outside, on the staircase, a green alligator with red scales quotes a Simon and Garfunkel song proclaiming. "It's all happening in the zoo. I do believe it. I do believe it's true."
The new enthusiasm reflects not only the fading of the memory of Viet Nam but the attention that the Reagan Administration has given to the defense budget. Military pay scales have increased 38% since 1980. "Before 1980," says Navy Commander Kendell Pease, "there were articles about enlisted men on food...
"Life is a search for balance. We all have to bring the scales back to center."