Word: whitmans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shallow, sexist questions put to Marina von Neumann Whitman, the one about the gerbils infuriates her most. How did the family gerbils like the trip from Pittsburgh to Washington when she served on the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1972-73? Macho editors, who would never put such a question to a man, still send women's page reporters to interview her, and well-meaning businessmen still give her head-patting lectures to explain balance sheets. Whitman smiles at the condescension and responds with her ultimate putdown: a stunning soliloquy on international economics...
...laugh because she has arrived. She is no longer merely the precocious daughter of fabled Mathematician John von Neumann, or just the Radcliffe summa who became the first of several modern women to break into high economic policymaking in Washington. A happy wife and mother of two, Whitman, 43, frames corporate policy as a director of Westinghouse, Procter & Gamble and the Manufacturers Hanover bank, conducts a weekly TV economics program, teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and travels everywhere advising officials on the global economy. Says Whitman: "I've advanced from a freak to a role model so fast...
...specialty is in demand these days because the dollar is under intensive care, and everybody asks her how it will fare. Not badly, replies Whitman. Because it is still undervalued, prices of U.S. exports are down and prices of imports are up-and people do respond to price changes. Look at the drop in Datsun and Volkswagen sales in America, she says, and at Detroit's unaccustomed competitiveness in foreign markets. In time, the U.S. will repair its trade balance if-a big if-it can keep inflation from eating away its improved competitive situation...
...stage. The crowd--1300 strong and over 65--applauds more than politely for the junior senator from Massachusetts. Brooke grasps the microphone, looking knowingly into the crowd. "I certainly want to express my appreciation to the..." He looks down at the program he has been handed. "...Whitman Bank and to all who had anything to do with bringing this about...
Theater--Matrix by Bill Whitman, Arean Theater, 4 pm, free...