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Forget Sears, Roebuck. Nowadays Sears, Tiegs might be more appropriate. In 12 million American homes, the first image Sears customers are seeing as they flip through the new fall-winter catalog is the cover picture of Model Cheryl Tiegs, wearing a cardigan sweater and an autumn plaid skirt, her smiling face and long blond tresses beckoning potential buyers into the magic world of America's largest retailer. Sears has taken a fancy to Tiegs, embracing her in its catalog and TV commercials and identifying itself with her wholesome all-American looks. The chemistry has been sizzling. Just two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sear's Sizzling New Vitality | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...short, Lee seems uncomfortable with the subject--he can't decide whether to brag about or apologize for his skirt chasing...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: High and Way Outside | 7/20/1984 | See Source »

Just as Cuomo complains in his diaries of the triumph of the superficial over the meaningful, so too does his account skirt any developed coherent discussion of the man's deepest beliefs and convictions. "People are susceptible to simplistic--and erroneous--answers." Cuomo writes, before launching into: "The whole criminal system needs rehabilitation, unemployment must be relieved, a loss of spiritual values has created a vacuum--but many people believe the answer is the electric chair. It's easier to believe that, I have to find a way to tell what I believe is the truth--and get it understood...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Connect-the-Dot Politics | 6/6/1984 | See Source »

...office to help me rear-range his books. Maybe it was my fault for going in the first place. He has these high bookcases, and the only way you can reach them is to stand on this little stool. I remember I had on this tight blue skirt that made it hard for me to step off and on that stool but the skirt was pretty long. After a while, he got up and walked over and started bumping the stool. At first I thought he was just kidding around, and I laughed. Then I got sort of scared because...

Author: By Amy. E. Schwartz, | Title: Clearing Up the Harassment Mystique | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

Actually, sexual harassment is not that difficult to recognize. Sexual harassment is a professor talking about having a "magic tongue." It is grabbing a student's breast or lying on the floor and staring up her skirt...It is not, in the vast majority of cases, ambiguous behavior. It is not, as some imply, a figment of a students' imagination or a weapon women use to damage men's reputations. These worries are usually expressed by men and women who have had little experience dealing with harassment cases or who impose confusion on themselves...

Author: By Amy. E. Schwartz, | Title: Clearing Up the Harassment Mystique | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

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