Word: vieira
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When Vicki Gordon, a producer of CBS's trendy magazine show West 57th, opened this month's issue of Esquire, she was horrified. There on page 142 was a scorching picture of Meredith Vieira, one of the show's on-air correspondents, seated in a chair, head shyly hidden in folded arms -- and pink taffeta skirt hiked up, revealing an extravagance of thighs and a beauty mark on the inside | of her knee. Gordon promptly called the magazine to protest. To her chagrin, she soon learned that Vieira herself was unruffled. Indeed, the 34-year-old journalist had happily posed...
Others cheered Vieira's attitude. Said Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan: "I've been defending the idea for years that you could be womanly, interested in sex and still be a serious achiever." Declared Andrew Lack, executive producer of West 57th: "I think Meredith is a fascinating woman, and that was reflected in the piece. Being sexy does not compromise your journalistic values...
Silva and Vieira were tried separately from Raposo, Cordeiro and two other men, Jose Medeiros and Virgilio Medeiros. The Medeiroses, who are not related, were acquitted of all charges in the rape, which occurred March 6, 1983 at Big Dan's tavern...
Attorneys for Silva and Vieira will argue that court testimony given by the victim was not included in prior statements provided to the defense...
...Vieira's attorney, David Wexler, contended during the trial that the victim, then 22, shared some responsibility for encouraging the attack by drinking and flirting with...