Word: vassar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress from California, wielded the gavel with muscle, tact and a winning smile. Delegates were careful to address her as "Madam Chairwoman," or, at least once, as "Madam Chairperson." Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York won a small but loyal following for her presidential candidacy. Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold, a Vassar-educated Texan who ran well for Governor earlier this year, was nominated for Vice President and came in second to Eagleton. On the convention's last night, Jean Westwood of Utah, a Mormon who served as one of McGovern's floor managers, was elected the first woman Democratic...
Raymond Graber, a state employee who lives in West Hempstead, L.I., demanded that Vassar reinstate his daughter. Vassar refused, so Graber sued for $1,000,000 in "prospective" damages...
When 19-year-old Nancy Graber flunked out of Vassar in 1970, her father, like any father in such a situation, was dismayed. But Nancy had an explanation. She couldn't study or sleep, she said, because of her roommate's all-night pot parties...
...tournament drew eight schools--the "sisters" Radcliffe, Vassar, Barnard, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, and the "brothers" Yale, Cornell, and Brown. Each fielded two singles and two doubles entries...
Against the Vassar team of Gerrity and Rasmussen, Stuart and Morgan had to win the second set in a tie-breaker, 7-6, after having handily won the first set, 6-3. In the semi-finals match, the 'Cliffe team took on the top-seeded duo of Havemeyer and Straus of Yale. The match lasted nearly two and a half hours, with the Cliffies scoring an upset victory...