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...society that provides strong legal sanctions against discrimination based on race, religion and sex, where can an aspiring bigot turn for victims these days? Robert Half, president of a New York-based personnel agency, claims he has ferreted out an as yet unforbidden social prejudice: against the fat. Half-5 ft. 10 in. and 150 Ibs.-surveyed 15,000 executives across the nation and discovered that of those earning $25,000 to $45,000 per year, only 9% were more than 10 Ibs. overweight. In the $10,000 to $20,000 bracket, however, fully 40% were. Half s conclusion...
...Barrett suggested in the Union Debate of last week that the club offer good food cheaply; would have it a sort of etherealized Merrill's, as it were, an Eden instead of the Trees of Life and Knowledge, the Holly Tree should flourish unforbidden. Others would have it a meeting place for strangers, such as Massachusetts was turned into during the celebration, as a smoking-room or a reading-room, all these combined. Also, every proposition ended in a storm of "buts" - as they all began with...
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