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...rationalizations were just a way to duck the larger issue: equal admission of men and women, the logical next step for an institution with a decaying male tradition...
...Duck Soup...
...would ignore anything short of that, and he has never explained what he would consider "definitive." As Wright pointed out in his arguments before Sirica, the courts have no way to force a determined President to obey. Still, Sirica did not see that possibility as any reason to duck the constitutional issues. He declared hopefully: "Regardless of its physical power to enforce them, the court has a duty to issue appropriate orders ... It would tarnish the court's reputation to fail to do what it could in pursuit of justice ... The courts have always enjoyed the good faith...
...Duck v. Pigeon. "He's a natural egomaniac," says Powers. "But he's been a great help in picking up girls in Beverly Hills. I get out of the car, then he comes up and babbles a lot of nonsense, and the girls figure that anyone who knows anyone that mad can't be all bad." One such incident, however, turned out to be costly. Bobby, who had been drinking, fell asleep, and the girl walked off with $1,800 in cash from his trousers pocket. "There wasn't even any sex," says Riggs...
...himself clad only in a supporter. If it has contributed nothing substantial to the history of sexism in the '70s, the Riggs-King repartee has at least lent some much-needed humor. Billie Jean cannot resist getting into the spirit occasionally. She calls him "Roberta" and mocks his duck-footed waddle. "I'm pigeon-toed," she says, "so maybe this match should be billed as the duck v. the pigeon...