Show Standard-Examin- er Ellen Goodman By ELLEN GOODMAN that they are looking for a woman Well who isn’t these days? Looking for a Woman has become an game played by boards of directors and trustees professionals and politicans across the land So few of us are surprised that they are now looking for one for the Supreme Court But there is a difference between looking and actually finding Indeed sometimes it seems All-Americ- an that the microscopes of the mighty simply can’t focus on 53 percent of the population From where I sit up here in tbe bleachers the real name of the new game is: How to Look for a Woman Without Often Hiring One The rules go something like this Any candidate company or even college these days has to prove that it is a certified Friend of Females In order to do this those in charge must make a Serious Commitment to the advancement of the sex In public life this is of course done during election time The Serious Commitment in shis case was one sentence: “I am announcing today that ur of the first Supreme Court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most qualified woman I can possibly find” statement of Serious Commitment generally will be greeted with applause But it must contain the essential phrase “the most QUALIFIED woman I can possibly FIND” This is what is known as The Loophole The Loophole only goes into operation when in fact there is a job opening At that point someone is bound to remind the public that no woman should make it BECAUSE she is a woman This is known as the Warning Sign Last week the current Warning Sign came from Justice Stewart himself It would be an “insult to the Court” he said “to appoint somebody just because he or she was not a A white male” This Warning Sign is generally interpreted to mean that (1) women are most likely inferior and (2) could only be appointed if we reached down below the ranks of brilliant men to pull one up by her hank of hair Here is I hasten to add the essential strategy of this game In the past women were simply excluded because they were wo 3E Father's Day — By Nancy and Mario Risso Woman for top court? It's not in the game BOSTON — The word from Washington is Sunday June 28 1981 I7HWK ITS ID DUMB AFTER AIL WE JUST GAVE HIM ONE ON MOTHER'S PAY GET PAD A FATHER'S PAY PRESENT HE'S OOR X KNOW ! X KNOW FATHER TOO IT'S JUST KINPA HARD TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT oW men Now there is a new bylaw They can still be excluded because they are women but they also with the aid of affirmative action can be appointed because they are women This attitude brilliantly overlooks the qualifications of men As Cissy Farenthold once put it “Equality will be here the day that mediocre women take their place beside mediocre men” Chief Justice Burger for ex- ample But our candidate will not be compared to Burger She will be compared to Brandeis Holmes Hand Thus any serious female candidate must be wildly overqualified It is I hasten to add hard to be overqualified for the Supreme Court None of us want equal mediocrities on the bench But that is beside the point of this game Once the search is on it is rarely difficult to actually locate women There are for example about 700 women judges in the country If the search was limited only to judges there would almost inevitably be an excellent candidate So there will be names on the list Surely three or four will make the first cut and at least one will make the second cut They usually do This is what’s known as Throwing the Bone or the Token Gesture There are women in this country who have been in the finals for so many jobs that they are going to retire their resumes to the Women’s Runner-u- p Hall of Fame The Token Gesture allows those in charge to release the list thus assuring us all that indeed women are being considered The game has several possible endings They can against the odds actually appoint “a” woman “BECAUSE she is a woman” Or they can appoint a male “because he was most qualified” They can also appoint a woman who is against women’s rights This is known among hard-cor- e players as the Reagan Finesse You the opposition and keep the status quo quiet Any way the winners will go on to play another day After all when the President was asked if he was specifically Looking For a Woman he answered “Always” Always Looking that is (c) 1981 The Boston Globe Newspaper Post Writers Group 5 ' v' s ' A Com-pany-Washingt- on Dear Abby Crack down on goofy knuckle-crackinDEAR ABBY: I have recently become involved with a man whom I love very much He is an ideal person in every way except one: He has a very irritating habit of cracking his knuckles This would be bad enough but he cracks his knuckles on his jaw (He actually places his knuckles on the side of his jaw and pushes as hard as he can until they crack) As we have become close he has started to ask me to let him crack his knuckles on my jaw I have let him do it several times but I feel sohiewhat uneasy about it and would like him to stop The problem is that I am afraid he will discontinue our relationship if I am unwilling to satisfy this desire I love him very much and don’t want to lose him Abby what should I do? 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