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...newly discovered notebooks, the Madrid Codices, which conclusively prove that the Renaissance man invented the flush toilet 500 years ago. Respondents who are bombarding the magazine with telephone inquiries and letters are being advised to take a second look at the article. It is sprinkled with names like Ms. Henrietta Birdbrain and Robert Ripoff-as befits an April Fools' piece. Actually, the biggest giveaway is the author's name: Martin Gardner...
Five dollars plus expenses bought a prank phone call from Martha Mitchell to the victim of your choice. ("Did you know the CIA is investigating you?" she asked one startled Montana resident.) Ms. Editor Gloria Steinem turned taxi-dancer for one $65 song; off to the side, Washington Post Watergate Reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward sold phony spy disguises. In the kissing booth, Veteran Socialite Barbara Howar demonstrated her wares to Washington Post Executive Editor Benjamin Bradlee. The occasion: the second annual Counter Gridiron dinner, held to raise money for a journalists' legal-defense fund and the hackles...
...following is a collective response from the Harvard Employees Organizing Committee to the recent dismissal of Robin Sing. Because she was fired within her three-month probationary period of employment, Ms. Sing was denied access to the normal grievance produces accorded regular salaried employees at Harvard University. Her supervisor at the Loeb Library, Caroline Shillaber, fired Ms. Sing without warning after 11/2 days' absence (one day with permission and 1/2 day for an emergency concerning her child). According to Ms. Sing's sworn affidavit. Shillaber fired her with the explanation that she "foresaw a pattern of absence because she [Ms...
Only after Harvard learned that Ms. Sing planned to take legal action with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAS), did a four-page, single spaced memorandum appear detailing alleged poor work performance. While the MCAD's investigation proceeded, a staff meeting was called at the Loeb Library to forbid discussion on the part of the staff and employees with anyone outside the University...
...hearing, Harvard was represented by three lawyers from Ropes and Gray, who argued, among other things, that a woman cannot possibly discriminate against a woman. The logic behind this argument is at best shakey. The MCAD is continuing its investigation into Ms. Sing's dismissal, indicating that the case is by no means concluded...