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...build. In 1954, when he was terminally ill, his unused dressing room came to the attention of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. "There was a shortage: James Cagney needed quarters for his current film. Consent to dismantle Lionel's suite, store his belongings and reassign the bungalow was granted in a memo of November 15." Lionel died that evening. Peters notes dryly, "MGM couldn't even wait for its most durable star to stop breathing." In old age Ethel lived in reduced circumstances. Katharine Hepburn recalled frequent visits to her longtime friend: "I never knew the number of the street she lived...
...echelons of corporate managers, fewer than one-half of 1% are female. Then there's the exhaustion factor. Women are far more likely to work a "double day" of career plus homemaking. The hand that rocks the cradle -- and cradles the phone, and sweeps the floor, and writes the memo and meets the deadline -- doesn't have time to reach out and save the world...
Rollins had to be eliminated because he had discovered Bush's true identity as a closet Democrat and was trying to unmask the traitor in public. He sealed his fate when, on Oct.15, he faxed a memo to Republican candidates containing these instructions: "Do not hesitate to oppose either the President or proposals being advanced in Congress...
...memo infuriated Bush, but many Republicans followed Rollins' advice anyway. Those unlucky enough to merit a presidential visit have been putting as much distance as possible between themselves and the party leader. Last week, at a breakfast in Burlington, Vt., Representative Peter Smith ticked off his differences with Bush while the Commander in Chief sat nearby, determinedly mowing down a stack of pancakes. Later, at a fund-raising lunch in Manchester, N.H., for Representative Robert Smith, who is trying to graduate to the Senate, the candidate didn't bother to show up at all. One White House aide tried...
...haven't received any response to out memo," Casid says. "We do not mean to sound ungrateful for the Lyman Common Room by saying that it is an inadequate response to the demand for a Women's Center. The issue is not one of larger or more luxurious facilities...