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...There are some assumptions that are more or less harmless,” she says. “There’s definitely a stereotype of being less…” She pauses to select her words carefully. “Cosmopolitan.” She hopes that Southern Society can help refute that image...
...chair, Gates will be more active in choosing the juries that select the finalists for the 21 Pulitzer Prizes. He will also lead the biannual meetings of the 18-member board that selects which finalist in each category will receive the award...
...episode in the first show that best illustrates the philosophy behind American Almanac deals with long-term changes in the country's weather (outlook over the next few decades: a temperature rise between 3 and 7). In another segment, Connie Chung explores how some prospective parents try to select the sex of their babies through laboratory tinkering. Yet an episode about Bijan, whose snooty clothing stores in Beverly Hills and New York City are open to clients by appointment only, is a puff job that Mudd gamely but unsuccessfully tries to tie in to Americans' desire to be distinct...
Between now and next spring, a nationwide search will take place to select 100 juniors, enrolled full time at four-year U.S. colleges and universities, who have compiled top academic records and excelled in such areas as community service, student government, athletics and the arts. The presidents of 250 colleges and universities have been asked to help conduct the talent hunt on their campuses. To date TIME has received more than 7,000 requests for achievement-awards applications...
...embarrassed CIA Director William Casey and his agency. "You've either got a defector who was allowed to just walk away under circumstances I can't accept or you have a double agent planted on the U.S.," said Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "No matter what, something is wrong...