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Ferraro has set back the image of women at least 20 years. She was taken on as running mate to be the cheerleader. I would call the ticket Walter Mundane and Ms...
...married woman who uses her maiden name professionally, Geraldine Ferraro has left a lot of people uncertain about how to address her. In a letter last year to the Washington Post, she clarified the matter, sort of: "I just wanted to let you know that I am a married Ms. I am Mrs. John A. Zaccaro to my kids' teachers and the electric company; Congresswoman Ferraro when I run for reelection; Geraldine to many of my constituents; Gerry to my friends, and Ms. Ferraro to just about anyone else...
...notoriously hard-bargaining committee managed to extract truckloads of money and merchandise. M & M/Mars donated $5 million and sweetened the deal with 500,000 Snickers bars and 500,000 bags of M & Ms candies. Levi Strauss will put clothes on all 700 U.S. athletes and coaches plus some 40,000 staffers at the Games, from Ueberroth down to the parking-lot attendants. IBM has lent 200 of its Personal Computers and 190 word processors, among other gear...
...work, Ms. editor Ruth Sullivan says, "will have a profound effect on the way people think about women for years to come...
Although Gilligan is pleased with the national attention that her work has been receiving, she has no interest in becoming a "media figure." "I went ahead with the Ms. article because I thought it would encourage women to take their values seriously," she says...