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Women of today do need to share common experiences of working in what has long been a male-dominated career world. But women no longer need to be forced into feelings of inferiority by the institutions that are meant to equalize their chances once they are spit out into that world. There should be no more xeroxed reunion books, no more acceptances to Radcliffe, no more Radcliffe required on women's diplomas...
...York Post wears white linen skirts, a string of pearls and pink nail polish, and she comes from Philadelphia's genteel Main Line. Last week, after announcing the appointment of Magazine Veteran Jane Amsterdam to the top slot at one of the last bastions of no-holds-barred, spit-in-the-eye tabloid journalism, the Post's owner, Real Estate Magnate Peter Kalikow, presented her with a T shirt emblazoned with the paper's now legendary April 15, 1983, headline HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR. As earthy Post newsroom veterans (uncomfortably adorned in ties and jackets) were introduced to their...
...this frenzy might be a harmless diversion, except that it badly exaggerates the importance of a job that John Nance Garner ridiculed as "not worth a pitcher of warm spit." There are five stages in the downward slide of a Vice President: 1) Euphoria, which rarely outlasts the convention; 2) Examination, as the press rummages through back closets searching for another Ferraro furor; 3) Ennui, which sets in when the nominee learns that he is not permitted to make news as he barnstorms in backwaters like Biloxi and Butte; 4) Ephemeral Elevation, a honeymoon that lasts until the new Veep...
...fired, well-traveled perennials Don Zimmer and John McNamara. "People say a lot of things," Morgan mutters through tight teeth, "but watch how much better the Orioles play. He can't make them great, but he'll make them as good as they can be." Having resolved not to "spit so much fire," Robinson said, "I was more diplomatic in San Francisco than I was at Cleveland, and hopefully I'll be more diplomatic here. But you can be too diplomatic." And a little fire hit the ground...
...clue, people! Go South and roast on a beach with a Margarita in your hand. Why proceed even further North than Cambridge (Yes, it is possible) to shiver in an unheated cabin? But if you still feel the need to spit in the face of common sense, then you are welcome to this trip for $225 and two vital organs. Don't forget your Blue Cross card, though...