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...past decade has drastically changed the image many women have of themselves (as well as the image many men have of them). But the revolution in the real status of women is only beginning. "There are plenty of token women around, but none in top leadership roles," says Rita Hauser, former U.S. representative to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. "Younger women very much want to break through and I think they will, but we won't see the results until ten years from...
...sure that many middle-class whites who are not "making it in America" read your cover story with great interest and enjoyment. Unfortunately, many of these whites have been bumped out of a livelihood by blacks who advanced by means of quota and token systems rather than by merit. While striving for equality through "legal discrimination," haven't we initiated a greater injustice...
Although Faisal, who is bitterly antiCommunist, has been a firm friend of the U.S. over the years, he was roused to action by U.S. support of Israel during the October war. He helped bankroll the Arab armies, sent a token force of soldiers to fight alongside the Syrians on the Golan Heights, and then called the signals for the oil embargo that sent a frisson through the economies of the U.S., Europe and Japan. It was only two weeks ago that the U.S., taking a long step toward reconciliation, agreed to work out programs of economic, technical and military...
First Strike. But the mood on Capitol Hill was shaped by the economic slowdown, the apparent lack of progress at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with Russia and the Soviet arms buildup. As a result, most Congressmen were opposed to more than token cuts even before they began work on the Pentagon budget, which is traditionally broken up into several bills. The most controversial is the procurement bill, which contains money for researching, developing and buying new weapons. Later, Congress will vote separate bills for military personnel, retirement, operations and maintenance...
...writing Short Eyes (TIME, April 8), based on his experiences behind bars, Pinero walked away with this year's New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for the best American play. Last week, however, it seemed that Pinero might be germinating a new plot. Approaching a subway token booth in a downtown Manhattan station around 12:35 a.m., he was overtaken by a swarm of youths, who vaulted the token turnstiles and boarded a train. When the token seller cursed them as "Spanish trash," Pinero let loose with a few oaths of his own. Picked up by a transit...