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Students should voice their complaints about Harvard's decision not to sponsor minority ordination events during freshman week. Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm told a University audience this week...

Author: By Holly A. Delson, | Title: Chisholm Urges Student Crowd To Battle Racism | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

...first black to be considered by a major party or the presidency was the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who received a single, complimentary vote at the 1888 Republican Convention. In 1972, New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm entered the Democratic race and in 14 primaries picked up 28 delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seeking Votes and Clout | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

Bill revered his grandfather, a colorful figure of local renown who mingled with some of Hollywood's top stars. Western Hero Tom Mix gave young Bill a cowboy hat, and at a dinner given by his grandfather, Bill and Shirley Temple were made honorary marshals. Despite this childhood exposure to movie stars, Clark never saw a Reagan film until last year, when the President finally showed him Knute Rockne-All American in the White House screening room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the President's Ear | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

Jamie Lee Curtis puts Murphy's leap to stardom in perspective: "I love it that despite all his success, Eddie acts like he's 22 years old. His life is cars and girls, girls and cars. More cars. More girls." Last September Murphy broke off with Shirley Fowler, a student of social work at the University of Pittsburgh, and is now assiduously playing the field. Observes Walter Hill: "Eddie can hear the rustle of nylon stockings at 50 yards." If anything bugs Murphy, it is the matter of image: "I don't think that entertainers should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Good Little Bad Little Boy | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

...married, has a daughter and is described as being like a "bear," with a shock of dark, tumbling hair. Finally, "Gerry" as he is referred to, is missing the tip of the little finger of his left hand. Such are the telltale hints dropped by Actress Shirley MacLaine, 49, in her recent autobiography Out on a Limb, describing a gent she once had an affair with. Her enigmatic references to Gerry have kicked off, in the land of Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, a full-blown, real-life mystery. Labor Leader Michael Foot, 69. denied any role in the affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 20, 1983 | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

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