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...been plugging away at the problems of professional women since 1961. Acting Institute Director Susan Lyman said that by opening the gallery the Institute is trying to "spearhead an increased access to academic and economic opportunity for a group of gifted women who have been notably overlooked and underpaid in our society." Long-term plans for the gallery include several one-woman shows, a photography exhibit, and a juried show open to all women in the greater Boston area...
...important part of this growing fan cynicism is the professional athlete's increasing preoccupation with money. This is not to condemn the athletes, for they were underpaid in the past. Yet while competition between leagues has increased salaries, so too has it torn down the veneer of awe that used to separate the fan and the player. The player has become a highly publicized, salaried worker. He has stepped down from the pedestal as a result of his own doing. Like other American workers, he goes to the highest bidder...
These two areas of concern--finances and teaching--come together in the post of teaching fellows. At Harvard, unlike at many other colleges, teaching fellowships are financial aid, and teaching practice for graduate students often becomes underpaid labor for the faculty...
Politically, Heath cannot afford to look as if he is caving in after putting his country through the trauma of the three-day work week. But such a settlement could provide a face-saving way out. By and large, Britons agree that the miners are overworked and underpaid on a base pay of $57 a week. Because wages are not high enough to keep an adequate work force, the miners must work overtime to keep the country from collapse. There has been no strike, no walkout. "I am dead against breaching Stage III, but at the same time...
...surveyed 15,000 executives across the nation and discovered that of those earning $25,000 to $45,000 per year, only 9% were more than 10 Ibs. overweight. In the $10,000 to $20,000 bracket, however, fully 40% were. Half s conclusion: the fat executive is being grossly underpaid and underpromoted. "You should hire on the basis of competency," he urges...