Word: fatherhood
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...even in the arms of his loving, combat-fatigued wife. His four children must be the best and the brightest, winning at sports and playing to an uneasy draw with him. They must be like him: his eldest son must some day be him. Life is a battleground, and fatherhood is the continuation of war by other means...
...even know if they were at home tonight; since it happened he had not been able to think about any of the small pleasures he believed he had earned, as he had earned also what was shattered now forever: the quietly harried and quietly pleasurable days of fatherhood." The tide of such pain carries him inexorably toward blood vengeance...
...Such a plan would eliminate local issues, however, and would put more emphasis than ever on the oversimplified approaches that work best on television. Political Consultant David Garth believes that a national primary would lead to what "Nelson Rockefeller used to call BOMFOG-the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God -and never get into issues...
...District of Columbia's Court of Appeals has ruled that the boy, who lives in West Berlin with his mother, must undergo a blood test to help check Beckwith's claim of non-fatherhood-which would prove her adultery. As it happens, the trust fund, which was established by Lincoln's daughter-in-law (Beckwith's grandmother), could eventually go to the boy even if he is not Beckwith's. The reason is that in any subsequent case directly concerned with Timothy's legitimacy, the law would still be heavily weighted toward finding that...
Untroubled by Muni's marital obligations, Fiore asks for absolute love and scrupulous constancy. Mimi complies passionately, elevating adultery to exalted heights of fatherhood. Life is modest but full until Mimi is transferred back home to Sicily. He smuggles Fiore and their child into town, only to find that his wife has duplicated his situation by becoming pregnant by a lover...