They look as a cross between a snake and a frog and some alien creature.

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Without countless such confrontations -- large and small -- over "a woman's place" throughout our history, the ranks of women in executive suites, the U.S. Congress, courtrooms, surgical theaters, the military, and many other places in society would still be close to zero, and the idea of a female president would be as alien as a creature from Mars.

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When she first arrived at the age of 19, famously discovered by David Gilmore of Pink Floyd, Kate Bush was like a beautiful alien, a wild, untamed musical creature.

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