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...thought she was the glasnost equivalent of Nancy; no continent the two occupied at the same time seemed big enough. By comparison, last week's distaff summit was a close encounter of a gentler kind, and a small, makeshift stage at Wellesley College was more than space enough for both. This was Barbara Bush's coming of age as First Lady, her riposte to student complaints that she did not reflect "the self-affirming qualities of a Wellesley graduate." The Soviet First Lady confined herself to predictable Kremlin- speak about perestroika, leaving the ovations for her hostess...
When the klieg lights of the summit have faded and the lambent glow of history takes over, Bush's response to the controversy set off by the Wellesley seniors may be what is remembered. While the First Lady's official cause is literacy, her unofficial mission is to convince a new generation of women that there is honor and a deep, sustaining pleasure in motherhood, that a life-style is no substitute for a life. "At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, ((not)) winning one more verdict, or not closing...
Trying to put the cold war behind them, Bush and Gorbachev move toward more regular -- and routine -- meetings. -- Bonn takes the lead in seeking a formula to help Moscow accept a unified Germany. -- The First Lady bonds with Raisa and wows them at Wellesley...
After 150 women at Wellesley College protested the First Lady's commencement invitation, Mrs. Bush cleverly invited Raisa Gorbachev to join her. Will the students risk international disdain by squawking again...
...from 250,000 to 125,000 during the past 20 years, these women today are spread over a smaller number of institutions, boosting head counts at many of them. Since 1970, undergraduate enrollment at the surviving women's colleges has shot up more than 18%. Two of the strongest, Wellesley and Bryn Mawr, enjoyed a 6% surge in applications this year...