Word: suit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this fuss over what? Well, backers of the suit say that club members are entitled to certain privileges such as networking and club side benefits that women lose out on by virtue of their...
...creation of Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)--a true grassroots organization, which plans to fund its activities on behalf of the suit with the profits of a "Girl Scout-style" cookie sale--really confounds me. The organization claims that female students who are not members of final clubs are denied the exclusive opportunity to "network" with members. Thus, the premise here is that female students are missing out on that traditional Harvardian experience--power-lunching with the rich and famous...
...with the University Ms. Schkolnick supports with her tuition. The activities of the members involve no lawbreaking and take place within the confines of the building. Even the supposed benefits which the club denies Ms. Schkolnick because of her gender hold no appeal for her. She admittingly brings her suit against the Fly Club without any care for what the Club specifically offers its members...
Some fashion watchers attribute the resurgence to the influence of Italian designers like Giorgio Armani, whose textured black and gray suits are best highlighted by white shirts. "There is nothing more crisp and effective with a dressy suit than a white shirt," says Phil Borntrager, a buyer at upscale Chicago clothier Mark Shale's. Others see white's return as emblematic of a conservative trend in power dressing. "People are looking for a lower profile, and that includes the way they dress," explains Jody Kuss of the haberdashery Barneys New York...
Avoiding combat. For Pat Robertson, March 8 marks not only Super Tuesday but also the date his libel suit against Pete McCloskey is scheduled to go to trial. Robertson is suing McCloskey for claiming that he sought help from his father Senator A. Willis Robertson to avoid combat duty in Korea. A review of evidence collected by McCloskey's lawyers reveals that Robertson may be in for a blitzkrieg of bad publicity. Several fellow Marine officers corroborate McCloskey's claim, and a letter from Robertson's father to Marine General Lemuel Shepherd expresses his pleasure that Pat "will get more...