Word: dad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Single-parent groups have been around for years, most of them exclusively for women. A man who seeks guidance or support in those groups is likely to find himself isolated as a token dad or an antisexist target. But things are improving for single dads. There is even a new little magazine called Single Dads' Lifestyle, published in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a circulation...
...Harvard, Hamlin aggressively cultivated both academic and social contacts. As treasurer of the D.U. (one of Harvard's finals clubs), he made a connection that saved his father's life. Hamlin's normally powerful voice lowers to a reverent tone as he tells the story. "My dad had had his right lung removed because of cancer and six unsuccessful operations on his left lung. I was talking with [eardiologist] Dr. Powell at a D.U. club function, and he referred me to Dr. Herman Grillo, the leading bronchial tracheologist...
...spoke with Dr. Grillo, and he said he'd look at my dad and maybe work on him. My dad flew here from California, and the doctor fixed him up at Mass General. Today, my dad is as healthy as you or I. We're eternally grateful...
...dad hates baseball because of his daughter. He grew up in Greece where they didn't have any baseball, and I used to cry after games and kick in t.v. sets," Photo admits. Her father was furious when he found out during freshman parents' weekend that every paper Photo had written at Harvard was on baseball...
...Like a good father, he gave his discarded loves to his son, but Dumas fils eventually complained about the hand-me-downs: "You know, Father, it's a great bore, you always giving me your old mistresses to sleep with and your new boots to break in!" Retorted Dad: "You should look on it as an honor. It proves you have a thick organ and a narrow foot...