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Fellows acknowledge the problem and say a broader membership will surface in a matter of time, but they caution against overt tokenism. Calkins says the board must avoid, having a specific slot for a woman or a minority. Andrew Heiskell '28 adds that in recent years the Corporation has made a concerted effort to appoint a woman or minority but thus far has been unsuccessful...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Seven Seats of Power | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...Yeah," says Pasadena, "I'm married to one of those kind of guys." Pause. "Did you say $100? That seems sort of high." Both women scrub hands blackened from pushing hundreds of coins into slot machines, and then each takes one thin quarter from the paper cup holding her slot-machine supplies and deposits it on the tip plate. An attendant, sweeping together the wreckage of paper products they have left behind, says, "Women don't tip like men. Sometimes I don't take home more than $6 in tips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Las Vegas: Working Hard for the Money | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

...could be a historic night in the history of men's gymnastics." Among his potential successors, Jim Lampley comes across as better informed and shrewder than he was at Sarajevo, but the most natural and adroit performer is Kathleen Sullivan, who appears headed for a major news anchor slot. ABC's worst efforts include Ray Gandolf's report on buying breakfast at a trendy Los Angeles beanery (he had three frankfurters) and former U.S. Olympic Hockey Captain Mike Eruzione's burbling about how much fruit there is for sale at Farmers Market. During...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Made-for-TV Extravaganza | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...Olympics. (The others: The Edge of Night and Loving.) The network's remaining soaps-All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital-are continuing during the Games, but in shortened, 40-min. episodes so that all three can be squeezed into a special two-hour time slot. No matter how well ABC's Olympics coverage does in the ratings (which have been excellent so far), the disarray in the network's daytime schedule could have a lasting and damaging effect. The nail-biting question that programmers face: Once the Olympic flame has been extinguished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Where's the Soaps? | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

Czechoslovakia's team, the 1980 Olympic gold medalists Cambridge for the scheduled to bring their squad Cambridge for the first round, but their nation's decision to join the Soviet-led Olympic boycott opened a slot for Norway, even though they had not qualified earlier...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: The Greening of Harvard Stadium | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

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