Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outset, Mother Mary faced the question of what age the girls should be. She decided that adolescents are "the youngsters who are least understood and who need guidance most. Everyone loves to play with a cute and docile baby, but teen-agers are too often unwanted." Last fall Mother Mary welcomed to Girls' Town 16 ragged, frightened orphan girls from institutions all over Italy. They looked in wonder at the pink exterior walls, the brightly painted rooms ("Colored paint costs no more than white, and it's much more cheerful"). One girl exclaimed at the sight...
...worth stealing. Based on a Good Housekeeping story by Nelia Gardner White, it assumes in its audience an unquestioning acceptance of those articles of faith that have made women's-magazine fiction what it is today: I) men are such babies; 2) women know best; 3) children are cute; 4) marriage is the continuation of childhood by other means; 5) home is where the hurt is, and the most practical thing a woman can put in her trousseau is a crying towel; 6) love makes up for everything, even for not helping with the dishes; 7) death does...
...will need, she decides, is somebody to keep him interested in life. Since they have no children, she adopts one. Women know best, of course, so never mind whether the woman in this case is really doing her husband a favor-let alone the child. Still, children are cute, and this one is ever so. But the husband, a brain who does basic research in theoretical physics, does not seem to enjoy living in the same house with a walking edition of Bright Sayings, and it takes a special visitation by the ghost of Lauren Bacall, accompanied on the sound...
...Cosmic Casanova, an intergalactic lover boy tunes in a cute pinup on his rocketship TV screen. He makes an unscheduled landing on her tiny home planet, only to be disappointed when the hatch door opens. The girl turns out to be a giantess, and "I'd have looked like such a fool, standing there on tiptoe with my arms wrapped around her knees...
...indecisively-allowing ample space in between for dispatch riding, witch hunting, potion brewing, gypsy camping, idol smashing and other 17th century pastimes. Acting as spy for Charles, Lord Leyland falls in love with Froniga's (Parliamentary) niece, then falls victim to a gypsy beauty (mother of three cute little bastards named Dinki, Meriful and Cinderella) who hexes him with thorns stuck in his wax image. At death's point Francis is rescued by Yoben, who proves to be a disguised Roman Catholic priest and is hanged at Henley (near Author Goudge's home) in full view...