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...Ryan put herself through the University of Southern California, graduating cum laude. Her first job was teaching at Whittier High School, where the lively Miss Ryan was the students' favorite. At an amateur- theater try-out, she met young lawyer Richard Nixon, who proposed on the first date. "I thought he was crazy," she declared years later. He persevered for three years, and in 1940 they were married...
Things are beginning to look up for One Brattle Square, however. Andrew Mauch of Whittier Properties, which manages the building, estimates "the office space will be leased up by the end of the year." Two computer outfits and a medical industry advertising firm have leased space, and Mauch says deals are nearly set on the final two offices...
Things are beginning to look up for One Brattle Square, however. Andrew Mauch of Whittier Properties, which manages the building, estimates "the office space will be leased up by the end of the year." Two computer outfits and a medical industry advertising firm have leased space, and Mauch says deals are nearly set on the final two offices...
There was Sir Cloudesley Shovel, "The Cobbler'sBoy Who Became an Admiral"; William Carey, "TheShoemaker who Translated the Bible into Bengaliand Hindostani"; Samuel Drew, "The MetaphysicalShoemaker." John Greenleaf Whittier began as ashoemaker's apprentice and honored the occupationwith his ode, "To Shoemakers," not one of his moredistinguished works. ("Ho! workers of the oldtime, styled/The Gentle Craft of Leather!/ Youngbrothers of the ancient guild,/ Stand forth oncemore together...
...insider, "fairly acrimonious." Many women members believe that by filing an amicus curiae brief in support of the shipyard, the organization displayed insensitivity to the intimidating effect that pornography has on women in predominantly male environments. "The workplace is different from the street," contends Mary Ellen Gale, a Whittier College law professor and member of the A.C.L.U.'s national board. "If someone shouts an obscenity on the street, you're not captive and you're not being denied equal opportunity. But it's different when it happens in the workplace. Robinson's ability to do her job was affected...