Word: foxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anthropologist Robin Fox's conclusions about the struggle for control of the society [Sept. 22] are basically sound, but he is wrong when he says that the aspiration among modern women to jobs in the marketplace is a foolish deviation from the norm. Evolution itself is a deviation from the norm. If men and women are not allowed to evolve and change, our society will stagnate...
...Fox says that "monogamy has never worked." Even though we may all have polygamous drives, the fact that many people do make monogamy work is proof that other things are involved. And in a world of dizzying change, the pair bond may increasingly answer needs more basic than sexual ones...
...mention that some Canadians "felt a little squeamish" at the sight of Cancer Victim Terry Fox's [Sept. 15] occasionally bloody stump and his face contorted in pain as he attempted his long-distance run across the country. I did not feel squeamish. My face was wet with tears because he ran for my friend, for my uncle, for my father-in-law. His run was against a universal enemy, cancer, that touches...
...Terry Fox has done more to unite my country than anyone else has or ever will. We Canadians do not get excited easily, but his dream captured our imagination and our love. He is a genuine hero...
...Dixon). In a debate, O'Neal accused Dixon of "shaking down" state employees for more than $300,000 in contributions and spending $1.1 million "like a drunken sailor" during the primary campaign. Electing Dixon to the Senate, said O'Neal, would be like "sending a fox to guard the chicken coop...