Word: vassar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...knows no distinctions of sex. In fact, failure is especially inadmissable for women, who should have an interest in dispelling the belief that Radcliffe women go on to become only well-educated housewives. Radcliffe women have reportedly left less of an imprint on the public arena than Vassar or Wellesley graduates, but this should not condone the cultural and political lag that characterizes Harvard attitudes...
...national chairwoman of the Women's Political Caucus. Farenthold was a strong competitor in the primary two years ago, but this time she was hampered by lack of funds, and her campaign never caught fire. She is currently still running for office-alumna trustee of Vassar College -but has not decided on her future political plans in Texas...
...years, 637 of the 1,100 students who attended Harlem Prep went on to college, some to Harvard, Radcliffe, Vassar, Brown and the University of California. But in those same years, the anxiety over ghetto upheavals has also decreased, and so has the concern of private donors. About half of Harlem Prep's supporters have turned to other programs. Says Exxon's Spokesman Richard F. Neblett: "Most corporations structure their grants to demonstrate innovation. They can't fund an independent program ad infinitum...
...modern life and modern civilization." Indeed, she has transformed the Times's predictable women's page into a provocative section about the way people live. But does she have the heavyweight credentials to take over Salisbury's job? "I majored in American politics and history at Vassar," she says. "What we wear, the way we eat, how we live-these are all commentaries on the political scene. Now, on Op-Ed, I'll be going at it in a more classical fashion." The fashion she foresees for the page includes "significant different ideas" from west...
...second side comprises a set of older songs, the most interesting of which is a rendition of "Frankie and Johnny," a chance for Doc, Merle, Vassar Clements, and dobro player Norman Blake to show off on brief solos. Again, in this set, the punctuation of the music with brief bursts from Clement's fiddle or from Doc's harmonica is often enough to make simple music interesting. The rest of the songs, though bright, energetic, and pleasant to listen to are less invigorating; they are so standard that they elicit no subtle vocal interpretation...