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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes thursday april 26,1990many women find men mean oversexed new York apr american women increasingly believe most men Are mean manipulative oversexed self entered and Lazy according to a Survey released wednesday. And the women Are getting annoyed. The Roper organization poll found growing numbers of women expressing sensitivity to sexism and unhappiness with men on Many issues. It compared data from identical questions asked 20 years ago. Some of the changes were sizable. In 1970, for example two thirds of women agreed that a most men arc basically kind gentle and  in the new poll Only half of the 3,000 women who were surveyed agreed. The reason a a women a growing dissatisfaction with men is undoubtedly derived from their own rising expectations a the surveys authors said. A the More Independent women of today expect More from  those expectations apparently Are going unfulfilled. Most women rated men negatively on their egos libido and domesticity. Sizable minorities went further 42 percent for instance called men a basically selfish and  pour hence took a particular pounding. Fifty four percent of the women who were surveyed agreed that a most men look at a woman and immediately think How it would be to go to bed with  in 1970, 41 percent had agreed. The Survey financed by Philip Morris Usa in the name of its Virginia slims cigarettes was conducted july 22 through aug. 12 by in person interviews with a random Sample of women across the country. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage Points. Respondents overwhelmingly said women have made Progress in obtaining Job opportunities and equitable salaries and acceptance As political leaders. But they also expressed greater awareness of continuing discrimination. Moreover six in 10 working women said juggling jobs and families put them under a a lot of stress a and nearly As Many Felt guilty about time they spend at work and away from their families. A their frustration comes out of trying to be superwoman a said Ellen Merlo a Philip Morris vice president. A women Are handling so Many aspects of life a Tang to achieve Success in careers wanting to be a wife and a Mother run a Home and do it All Well its a lot for anyone to  because men traditionally have escaped most household and child rearing duties Merlo said a the frustration is expressed in hostility toward men. Women Are looking to men for More support. And definitely their attitude toward men has turned somewhat  the second greatest cause of resentment in Survey respondents lives was their mates failure to help with household chores cited by 52 percent. Only Money was a greater cause of woe. A was women contribute More to family income they expect a More equitable division of the household responsibilities in return a the Survey said. While Many men acknowledge responsibility for household work it added a women indicate that men Are failing to live up to this Ideal and that their failure is a major source of  killer had been released from mental Hospital Ati a kit a / a a it a i i Atlanta apr a smiling gunman who killed one person and wounded four at a suburban shopping mall had been released 36 hours earlier from a mental Hospital where he had been listed As having Homicidal tendencies police say. The Man wearing a business suit fired into a lunch hour crowd tuesday before he calmly tossed the .38-caliber revolver into a trash can and surrendered apparently at the urging of an elderly Man authorities said. A you done to know what All these people have done to me a James Calvin Brady 31, was said by authorities to have muttered As he was led away. He was charged with murder and four counts of aggravated assault and jailed without bail. Two of the wounded were listed in critical condition. During questioning Brady talked of god and a a mechanical device inside him that controls his actions police said. A a he a suffering from hallucinations. He was probably having one when he fired a said col. . Ferguson. A document found in Bradys pocket said he was released monday from Georgia regional Hospital in Atlanta. He was admitted to the state Hospital april 13, but the document did not say Why lie was released Ferguson said. The document a said he had Homicidal and suicidal tendencies and suffered from delusions a Ferguson said. Brady a can be hostile threatening and has a history of alcohol abuse a the colonel quoted it As saying. Marchant Roach spokesman for the state department of human resources which runs the state hospitals said the department would not comment on any patient. Janies Calvin Brady is led away after fatally shooting one person and wounding four others at a suburban Atlanta shopping mall officers said Brady bought the snub nosed revolver and 12 rounds of hollow Point ammunition a Type designed to expand on Impact and cause especially severe wounds for $129 at a Pawn shop in Atlanta on monday. A How did he get the gun Why did he get the gun a detective it. Rodney Maddox said. A we done to have a Good answer to that and May never know  once inside the mails food court Brady appeared to fire at random police and witnesses said. A the looked like a businessman with his left hand in his pants pocket a said Carol Gravdahl a store manager at perimeter mall a few Miles North of the City. A this right  was straight out with a pistol shooting it off randomly. He was coming around with it until i guess he emptied it a and he was  after firing six shots Brady attempted to reload but an elderly Man apparently talked him out of it police said. A there May be a hero in this thing a Ferguson said. A we still done to know who he is but wed sure like to talk to him. Wed like to know what he said to  Michael Gregory Musick 24, of suburban Norcross was shot in the Chest and died at Northside Hospital police said. Craig e. Bruno 23, of Roswell was shot in the Abdomen and was listed in stable condition wednesday. Lucille Hughey 74, of Decatur was wounded in the Side and was listed in critical but stable condition after surgery. Judy Shell 53, of Roswell was shot in the legs and listed in stable condition. James Mcdonald 30, of Alpharetta was treated at a Hospital for a gunshot wound on the ankle and was released. Jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon Dies at 67 Philadelphia apr Dexter Gordon revered by jazz fans As a pioneering Tenor saxophonist and known to film goers for his Oscar nominated performance in the 1986 movie a around Midnight a died wednesday. He was 67. Gordon died at 12 50 . Of kidney failure said Don Lucoff spokesman for Blue note records in new York. He said Gordon had been in poor health and was admitted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia on March 18 for treatment of cancer of the Larynx. Nevertheless Gordon recently had finished filming awakenings a a movie with Robert Deniro and Robin Williams. A a it a very very difficult to even contemplate that we be lost such a great master of his instrument and an incredible human being a said guitarist George Benson. A the was quite a  in the 1940s, Gordon helped define the bebop style of jazz begun by Lester Young Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and his playing influenced future generations of musicians. Critics hailed his combination of Youngs melodic approach with the hard driving sound and Complex harmonics of Coleman Hawkins and Parker. Gordon born in los Angeles began his career with the big bands including those of Lionel Hampton Louis Armstrong and Billy Eckstine. He fell on hard times in the 1950s As bebop fell from favor and served a Gordon two year prison sentence in California. In 1962, he moved to Paris and spent the next 14 years As part of the expatriate jazz scene that inspired a around  in 1960, he acted in a play a the connection a and began a series of albums on the Blue note Label that re established his reputation and brought his sound to a new generation of fans. The movie about an aging fading saxophonist in a Paris club whose health and career Are revived by a Young French fan was largely based on the life of pianist Bud Powell but had Many parallels with Gordon a life. Gordon a Raspy voiced world weary and his 6-Fopt-s Frame tottering from the ravages of drugs and drink a was a compelling figure in the film and he received widespread acclaim. It was the first time in Academy award history that a musician was nominated for the Best actor Oscar. He managed to record five albums for Blue note Between 1961-65, the most outstanding being a Dexter Gordon with its Cross Section of styles. A a done to explain demonstrated his Moody Range on  other records include a Long tall Dexter a Savoy our Man in Paris a a True blues and a More than you  a memorial was planned for May 6 in new York Lucoff said  
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