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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hopkins' suit dramatizes the dilemma faced by many professional women who attempt to walk the narrow line between appearing serious and seeming overly severe. "Men in fields that have long been dominated by males tend to expect women to act both feminine and businesslike," says Herma Hill Kay, a sex- discrimination expert at the University of California, Berkeley. "I think they don't realize they're sending out conflicting messages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Hard Nose and a Short Skirt | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...tend to believe in this `guerilla raid out of the hills' kind of idea," said Squier, comparing Democratic campaign workers to the Republicans' "trained cadres...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: Bush Election Not Mandate | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

JOSH Frost and Lukas Oberhuber also give good performances, though Oberhuber does tend to talk in a monotone, and Frost seems to be imitating Jason Robards...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: `The Good Doctor' Appears Healthy | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...understand. But one of my strengths is I can handle stress and strain and pressure. Maybe I tend to be less expressive. But I'm expressing more of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Michael Dukakis | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...most important choices of the waning years of this century, despite the parlous state of the campaign. Never before have voters 40 and younger seen a ballot without the name of the incumbent President. Elections like 1988 that are not automatic referendums on the past presidential term tend to be political watersheds. The choice of John Kennedy in 1960 ushered in a brief but turbulent Democratic revival marked by domestic idealism, the triumph of the civil rights movement and then the agony of Viet Nam. Richard Nixon's victory in 1968 heralded two decades of conservative rebellion against domestic spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Differences That Really Matter | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

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