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Joan Vennochi recalls when she was pregnant 17 years ago and an editor dubbed her a "short-timer," then gave away her desk. She writes: "ABC's decision to turn the pregnant
Elizabeth Vargas into a short-timer brought back that old feeling of vulnerability, mixed with anger at the perpetrator." She notes that turning $15-million-dollar anchor
Katie Couric into a short-timer would be a very expensive proposition. "She who has the gold, rules. Elizabeth, make them pay for going back to the future." ||
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