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This may make it unrealistic to expect top appointees to spearhead a women's agenda. By the time women reach the top, they may have become so inured to the power games required to succeed that any uniqueness may have been suppressed long...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Moving Beyond Firsts | 5/19/1989 | See Source »

...Supreme Court this week hears a case that could weaken or reverse its controversial Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. That prospect has jolted pro-choice forces into action. Meanwhile, Operation Rescue has become the spearhead of the militant pro-life movement. Garry Wills describes the new antiabortion shock troops and their leader, Randall Terry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 18 MAY 1, 1989 | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...could be eliminated at minimal cost. The University should recognize its role as an academic leader and spearhead a movement to phase it out, promote productive studying and give high school students back their Saturday mornings...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Can't Get No SATisfaction | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

...Jordan and Egypt agreed to spearhead the effort to reconvene the world body in Geneva, Jordan's official news agency reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.N. Chief Says U.S. Is Violating Treaty | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...must face the harsh reality that if the region's current economic conditions prevail, the outlook ahead is for more poverty, more instability, more violence. The U.S. might spearhead an international consortium of aid that would be applied to social reform and economic growth. The key here is to address the debilitating poverty that is endemic to the region. Only then is there hope of starving popular support for Central America's Communist insurgencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America No Winners, Only Losers | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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