Olympics Rush Women To Big Time
Sports Illustrated has weighed in on Olympic women’s ice hockey: “It was a politically correct, TV-savvy International Olympic Committee that rushed women’s hockey into these Winter Games. Putting women in the rink was a mistake - albeit a well-meaning one - simply because there is no depth in their game. Go beyond Canada and the U.S. and the rest of the six-team field in this embryonic sport is still pretty much Yada vs. the People’s Republic of Yada.”
Our thoughts on this subject turn toward China, which entered a team despite having fewer than 100 females in the entire country playing organized hockey. We wonder what the thousands of women toiling in factories for long hours and a few cents a day think. Are they inspired, or are China’s priorities so out of whack it doesn’t even register with them? (From: Feb. 16 Sports Illustrated)
The phrase ‘doesn’t get it’ comes to mind: Just what part of adultery doesn’t Colorado Gov. Roy Romer understand? Romer, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, explained his 16-year relationship (yes, 16 years) with aide B.J. Thornberry thusly: “I needed an infusion of spirit and energy and found that in her.”
However, with his wife of 45 years (yes, 45 years) at his side, Romer explained that the Thornberry relationship wasn’t sexual. “It was a very affectionate relationship and I’m not trying to define when affection ends and sex begins, OK?”
Well, no. (From: Feb. 16 Newsweek)
Here’s to the heroes: In an annual poll, Good Housekeeping readers picked former First Lady Barbara Bush as the woman they most admired and evangelist Billy Graham as the man they most admired.
The runners-up? Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bill Clinton.
Others on the list (in order): Elizabeth Dole, Oprah Winfrey, Kathie Lee Gifford, Madeleine Albright, Dana Reeve, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan and Rosie O’Donnell.
For the men, the rest of the list looks like this: Jimmy Carter, Christopher Reeve, George Bush, Colin Powell, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Cosby and Bob Hope. (From: January Good Housekeeping)
Surprised? Factor by which male readership of Sports Illustrated increases for the swimsuit issue: 2 percent.
Factor by which female readership increases for the swimsuit issue: 3 percent. (From: February Harper’s)
OK, Starbucks draws the line: The corporate king of java has adopted a policy about body piercing and, frankly, considering Starbucks’ demographic target, we’re surprised. Workers pulling shots of espresso are limited to two earrings per ear and that’s it. Nose and eyebrow rings are out and if any other body part is pierced, cover it up and don’t tell. And all this time we thought Starbucks was somewhere out there toward the cutting edge of Gen Y. (From: Feb. 9 Newsweek)
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