Word: companionship
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...boredom. (As in the "interests" people list in "personal ads" -- "Schoenberg, late Heidegger and Hustler" -- or in the bodies known as "interest groups." Of course, you will already have found that "personal" in any case means "impersonal"; thus a "personal ad" is, in fact, a highly impersonal solicitation for companionship...
...female professors agree that the lack of female professional companionship is a cause of loneliness. But they agree that the small representation of women in Harvard's faculty is a genuine problem...
...that the trend toward single-parent and step-parent families is harmful. We tend to respect parents' free choice in decisions about marriage--decisions that, in many cases, benefit the parent. When people divorce, they gain expanded freedom and escape from unhappy marriage. When they remarry, they gain added companionship and further economic stability. When they choose not to marry at all, they maintain their freedom to live as they choose. But this happiness too often comes at the children's expense. "The amount of deviant behavior in society has increased beyond the levels the community can afford to recognize...
...really can't get another one until Iknow what happened to this chicken," he said. "Ihave a plastic duck, but it just doesn't add up tothe companionship of a chicken...
...DAVID BOWIE is a blissfully conventional one-woman man today. In fact his happy marriage to the stunning Iman has inspired much of the material on his upcoming solo album, his first in six years. Just recorded, Bowie says it "will examine the twists and turns of companionship." He adds, "All my albums start out bleak and veer toward the depressing. This one will let the sun shine through." Sunshine, yes, and a little sax playing from Major...