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Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of New York at Spelman College in Atlanta: "I know only too well how that double burden [of being a black and a woman] can clip the wings of a soaring spirit. For far too many females, home is still-as George Bernard Shaw noted-'the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse'; and far too often, the office or factory is no better for those women who work outside the home. To your special burdens of race and gender are also added the serious problems facing our entire nation...
...White House banquet honoring China's Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, Shirley MacLaine enthusiastically recalled a trip to the People's Republic and a meeting with a nuclear physicist. Since being sentenced to a commune to grow tomatoes, she told Deng, the scientist said he felt much happier and more productive. Replied Deng politely: "He lied." Such rosy reports have been as predictable as the years of the Monkey, Pig and Goat, but from time to time, a Dengian antidote has been offered. Fox Butterfield's China: Alive in the Bitter Sea and Richard Bernstein's From...
DIED. Romy Schneider, 43, international movie star; of "natural causes," possibly a heart attack; in Paris. Born in Austria to celebrated acting parents, Schneider made 13 West German films in her teens, mostly costume romances. Fed up with such "Shirley Tempelhof" roles, she moved to France and acted parts from comedy to sultry mystery in dozens more flicks shot in Europe (Boccaccio '70) and a few in the U.S. (What's New Pussycat?). Twice divorced, Schneider was depressed by the accidental death last July of her son David Haubenstock, 14, who was impaled on a wrought-iron fence...
Despite Japan's formidable track record in marketing to the U.S. consumer, American computer executives are downplaying the Japanese challenge. Says Radio Shack Vice President Jon Shirley: "They don't understand office automation, small business computing or have a clear grasp of the applications these machines are used for." Adds another top industry official: "I don't think the Japanese have ever faced this kind of competition in a particular market. We've got a very, very strong industry with extensive distribution, software support and computer experience...
...Shirley W. Thenen, associate professor of Nutrition, said yesterday that the school has made contracts in most departments in an effort to achieve a balanced budget...