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DIED. John Sparkman, 85, former Democratic Senator from Alabama and Adlai Stevenson's 1952 vice-presidential running mate; of a heart attack; in Huntsville, Ala. Son of a tenant farmer, Sparkman spent 42 years in Congress, serving ten years in the House and 32 years in the Senate, even though he was sometimes accused back home of "going North and turning left." A powerful housing advocate as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (1967-74), he also supported the Panama Canal treaties while chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1975 until his retirement four...
...Columbia University Graduate School of Business have all documented the same trend. According to Mary Anne Devanna, who conducted the Columbia study released last year, female M.B.A.s entering the work force are paid the same starting salaries as men with the same qualifications (1985 average: $28,584). But within ten years, the women fall behind by 20% in pay, regardless of the company they work for or their jobs...
...Government. Federal marshals seized the studio in September after its owner was accused of buying the establishment with money from drug manufacturing. The Plant, which has recorded platinum albums for such artists as Stevie Wonder and Fleet-wood Mac, is considered one of the country's ten best studios and rents for about $1,250 a day. After the bust, the Plant stood padlocked for two months. But since the Government intends eventually to sell the property, officials decided that the studio would be worth more if it were a going concern...
...role as Superman, but a new movie role he wanted to play required a leaner line. Last June, Isaacson trekked to Williamstown, Mass., where Reeve was playing in summer stock, to set up a rigorous six-day-a-week trimming program. It began before breakfast with ten to 15 miles of bicycling, went on to lunchtime weight-lifting, some racquetball, running or tennis and finally, a half-mile swim before most of the evening performances. Reports the proud teacher: "He's lost weight, he's certainly got well diversified and he's become an incredible all-around athlete...
...stresses his four Ds: decision, determination, discipline and diligence. His unballyhooed fifth D, of course, is deference. He ministers to egos as deftly as to flesh, and he is sympathetic to the open-pore scrutiny and pressures faced by performers. "They are subject to more criticism than they were ten years ago," notes Isaacson...