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...majority of the nation's highways and roads are owned by state, local and tribal governments, all publicly accessible roads are subject to the regulations of the MUTCD, including city roads. But those who think that the FHWA originally outlawed "Men Working" signs in an attempt to correct sexist language are sorely mistaken...
...fact, historians at the FHWA explain that the signage change in 1988 was more about moving toward more easily understandable messages than making any kind of statement on sexist language. It was in fact simply part of a broader effort to make pictograms - not words - the basis of road signs. The feds had originally started to phase out the "Men Working signs" 10 years prior in 1978, when they began to be replaced with an image of a little person working on the same orange, diamond-shaped sign...
...inversion of the usual '60s-retrospective equation (J.F.K. + space = optimism). But what makes Mad Men great TV is how it subverts our expectations. Thus the philandering Don turns out to be Peggy's biggest backer in the sexist office. Thus Peggy in turn is not a persecuted saint but competent, focused--and sometimes cold. And thus a surprise twist in the second episode reveals Pete to be both opportunistic and sympathetic...
...Rice were on the Republican ticket, this would allow the Republican political machine to be more robust then previously allowed. The Republicans could use arguments like “Is America ready for…?” without being called racist or sexist. They could critique Rev. Wright more strongly and scrutinize Hillary Clinton’s reaction to her husband’s relationship with Monica Lewinski. The Democrats’ response that these Republican-driven criticisms are steeped in racism and misogyny will fall short, because the Republican Party will have a black person and a woman?...
...those who voted for her said they would support Obama over John McCain in the fall. By comparison, 71% of Obama voters said they would vote for her if their candidate did not win the nomination. Some of Clinton's women supporters are angry at what they see as sexist treatment of their candidate. A newly formed political-action committee calling itself WomenCount claimed it had raised $230,000 in four days after running full-page newspaper ads across the country that proclaimed, "Not so fast ... Hillary's voice is OUR voice, and she's speaking...