Word: daughters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...daughter of missionaries, I found your story neither rosy nor harsh. The threat of cultural destruction has always been a concern of informed and tolerant missionaries. Problems arise when the occasional incompetent is prone to ignorance, stubbornness and shortsightedness...
...finally. They cook his favorite dessert, dance to gramophone schlock, buy a bird-feeder. The shortness of domestic bliss keeps it from over-sweetening the movie, as Laura soon finds herself stifled by Charles' passion and jealousy. There are absurd attempts to fetch her back from Ox and his daughter, mostly culminating in physical removal. It is obvious that the romance, as all romance in Chilly Scenes, was at best a respite rather than a rescue from the loneliness and unglamorous desperation of day-to-day existence...
...HARVARD DAUGHTER: Stephanie Todor Roberts...
...have no excuse." Yale Coach Frank Keefe said afterwards, refusing to lament the absence of top sprinter Sharon Veitz and top distance swimmer Courtney Ellis. "We weren't missing anyone who isn't on the team." he added. President Bok's daughter Victoria also missed the meet because of strep throat...
...letter authorizing staff members to paddle students for continual offenses. (The letter explains: "Following the administering of the strokes, the staff will pray with your child, assuring him or her of their love.") Says Howard Riles, father of a sixth-grader: "What I hope is that when my daughter goes off to college, she'll have some character...