Word: scouts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Neill's drudgery seems, at times, to glisten. She is aided by the direction of José Quintero, who has a hand-in-glove affinity with all the works of O'Neill. Unfortunately, in this particular instance he is reduced to the condition of a Boy Scout trying to strike fire by rubbing one stick. T.E. Kalem
...Choice Not an Echo. Wearing long, formal dresses, members of her "Stop ERA" brigades have descended on legislators, bearing gifts of homemade bread "from the breadmakers to the breadwinners." Says Schlafly: "Women already enjoy superior rights." Her followers agree so strongly that they announced a boycott of Girl Scout cookies after the national Girl Scout organization endorsed the ERA earlier this year. ERA supporters have attempted to counter the Schlafly crusade by sending their own homemade cakes to the legislators...
...cold morning when the toast burns and the child is crying. For centuries, men have told their wives that such problems were not very important, but the novelty is to be patronized by other women for "not doing anything really." Kathy Mertz, who enjoyed serving as a Cub Scout den mother in North Barrington, Ill., particularly resented a newly emancipated part-time secretary who periodically called on her to act as chauffeur for her child. Says Mertz: "She kept telling me that I ought to be 'doing something worthwhile'! What I was doing was giving her child care...
...Liver that chops itself and spreads itself on Ritz crackers; paramecia smart enough to make collect phone calls; Girl Scout cookies made out of Girl Scouts...
...Scout Morality. Borman is the second famous aviator to head Eastern: the first was World War I Ace Eddie Rickenbacker. Nonetheless, Borman's astronaut fame was initially a disadvantage. When he began working as a consultant to Eastern, some colleagues dubbed him "the moon man" and distrusted his purely military background. His impeccable Boy Scout morality and reputed humorlessness also put off some fellow executives...