European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday april 10,1990 faces a it places Shriver giving up Anchor posts to devote More time to child from wire reports Maria Shriver returned sunday to co Anchor no cd so sunday today Only to say she a leaving. She cited travel and motherhood As reasons. Shriver who is married to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave birth to their first child a daughter in december. On her return from maternity leave she told viewers that sunday was her last Day on the show she has co anchored since its inception in 1987. She also will be giving up her Anchor Job on the saturday edition of a in by nightly news a but will stay at Abc news doing a series of prime time news specials and special Seg Shriver ments for no cd a weeknight news program. No replacement for her in either Anchor Job was immediately announced. Published reports have speculated that Mary Alice Williams who also recently returned from maternity leave will succeed Shriver on the sunday show. Shriver a former a a lbs morning news co Anchor joined Abc in 1986, then worked out an unusual arrangement with Abc news that permitted her to be a a coastal Anchor. Under this arrangement she could live with her husband in los Angeles and commute from there each week to Anchor saturdays a nightly news in new York to co Anchor a sunday today in Washington with Garrick Utley and to work on occasional specials. A having a child i realized i could no longer keep up my weekly commute from los Angeles a Shriver said in a being razed preservationists in Detroit Are upset with Singer Anita Baker because of her plans to demolish the historic Chene mansion on the City a East Side. The building was built in 1850 by Alexander Chene whose family had owned the land since about 1707 under a Grant from the King of France. Baker Hasni to revealed what she intends to build on the site. She and her husband Walter Bridgeforth jr., bought the mansion after the february closure of Little Harry a restaurant which had been housed there since 1958. A they have weighed the somewhat historic value of the building against their exciting plans for the site which in a not at Liberty to disclose a said Baker s lawyer Renee Mcduffee. Preservationists can to understand Why Baker would want to raze the Only surviving example of that Type of House in the City. A i am stunned that such a thing could happen a said Sharlan Douglas president of cityscape upsets author author Pat Conroy is disgusted with the Georgia Board of medical examiners for not revoking the License of a doctor indicted for molesting his daughter who also is Conroy a stepdaughter. The Board made the ruling last week in the Case of or. Alan Fleischer because officials say they done to want to put the girl through the ordeal of a trial. Conroy Best known for his books a the great Santi nil and a the Prince of tides Quot said. A raping a kid is the easiest crime in this country because the child is never believed. Its disgusting. It just Breaks my heart. This Board is there to protect doctors against a spokesman said Board members did not feel there was enough physical evidence to support the Story of the child who was about 8 when the assaults allegedly occurred and is now 15. The boards hearing officer had recommended Fleischer a License be revoked. Fleischer denies doing anything wrong and says the accusations Are the result of a bitter can has a real thing the Coke found in a soda can returned for a Deposit truly was a the real thing Quot police said. Patrolman Mark Tonge of the Taylor Mich., police department said a Pace warehouse store employee was preparing to crush the coca cola classic can late last month when he discovered 4.6 Grams of crack cocaine valued at $800. Store employees Are instructed to shake All cans before they Are placed in a compressing machine. A one of the cans Felt heavy so he looked in it a Tonge said. He said the rocks were contained in a bag within a porcelain lined Glass Container hidden in the can. A someone could have been hiding it from a Parent or a spouse or maybe it came from a House police Are routinely dispatched to a Tonge like Leisure americans have More Leisure time now than they have had in the last 20 years said a University of Michigan researcher in Ann Arbor Mich. Frank Stafford who has studied time use internationally says the a time squeeze that americans complain about is largely a myth and that . Citizens Are the worlds leaders in Active Leisure activities. Stafford and Thomas Juster a us professor of economics based their analysis on Sui Weys conducted Between 1964 and 1987 in the United states Japan the soviet Union Finland Hungary Norway Denmark and Sweden. While japanese men work longer hours than their . Counterparts he said they have about the same amount of Leisure time because they do very Little housework. The japanese also spend More time watching television than any other group studied. In the United states Stafford said total Leisure wedding plans american actress Linda Koniowski and australian actor Paul Hogan arrive at rite Sydney Airport monday. The two will marry sometime next month in a private ceremony at Byron Bay in Northern new South Wales Australia the couple starred in both Quot Crocodile Dundee Quot movies. Time increased by 13.9 percent Between 1965 and 1981, to 41.8 hours a week for men. Danish men have the most Leisure time of any group studied with 54.3 hours a week and hungarian women the least with 25.3 hours a week. A in each of the countries studied there has been a decline in the amount of time men spend on the Job a Stafford said. A was economies grow and earnings Rise people basically buy More free Stafford said some subgroups such As unmarried mothers have less time than they did 20 years ago. But he speculated that Overall increases in Leisure will continue even As More women enter the work Force because people Are spending less time on housework. Dear Abby Quot Short single and fed up in Fresno wrote a most of the singles ads i be seen indicate that Only tall thin attractive blondes need respond. Short Over 35? a few pounds overweight Well get thee to a nunnery and forget about dating and Romance in today a culture obsessed with youth and Abby that line a get thee to a nunnery from Shakespeare so Hamlet a did not mean a word a a nunnery in that context this was pointed out to me by my daughter who studied a a Hamlet in her High school English class. I read a a Hamlet in High school too and was never told about this. Perhaps English literature would have been More interesting had we been taught what it really meant. A Donna g., Ballwin to. Dear Donna thanks for he Lowdown on the nunnery. I too thought it was a Convent. Dear Abby in a recent column you came up with the word it is not in my pocket dictionary neither is it in my to a the meant a House of ill dear Abby big one. I searched through the Quot he so a starting with a a Haarlem All the Way to now dear Abby please explain the meaning of the word a a humongous for the enlightenment of your Many devoted readers. A Bruno Van Aalst san Francisco dear Bruno a a humongous is Slang for a a huge or extremely Large. However i could not find a Puaa in my websters ninth new collegiate dictionary so i consulted my random House dictionary of the English language second edition and there it was is hawaiian for a pigs noted triggerfish a which is not Likely to come up often unless you re fishing in Hawaii. Dear Abby. A Rhiannon a wondering How to find a word in the dictionary when you Don t know How to spell it reminded me of what i did when i was once faced with this problem. 1 was taking dictation from a safety Engineer who referred to a Mercur Chrome Type Quot injuries. I did t know How to spell a Mercur Chrome a so 1 tried to find it in the dictionary. I looked under Mac Mec Mic Muc a and still find it. So i finally called the local Library and asked the woman who answered the Telephone to please look it up in her big dictionary. She find it either. Then i called a drugstore and the clerk very kindly went Over to the shelf got a bottle and read it to me off the Label. By the Way Abby i find a a humongous in any of my dictionaries. A retired Secretary. Santa Maria Calif. Dear retired Secretary its time to buy a new dictionary. The More recent dictionaries do contain the word a humongous. Websters ninth new collegiate lists a humongous on Page 587. The random House dictionary of the Engin in language second edition unabridged Mentio twice spelled a a humongous and a a humongous pages 932 and 933. Dear Abby i need one of your wonderful one liners in re p to this question Quot when Are they going to get nun ried a. My daughter lives with her Friend. They Art Boi mature adults. I would just like to let these p p know first of All that i really done to know the answer and second it is really none of their business. Tired of trying to think of something new to say. A Carol m. Dear Carol a a a a How about a Why done to you ask them
