Word: grandchildren
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...village patriarch, Man Hing-lap, the bulldozers have aroused the dragon from his slumbers and he is now breathing vengeance on the local population. The first victim was Man's grandson, who came down with a mysterious fever. A few days later, seven other of his grandchildren were similarly stricken. Aghast, Man called for his local diviner, who quickly appraised the situation: the dragon's nose had been cut off by a bulldozer; in revenge, the dragon had put a curse on the whole Man clan, which since the 1200s has made...
...president is not likely to change Mormon views on the family or race. He is a devoted husband and father (four living children, 27 grandchildren) who insists that under normal circumstances "the place of women is in the home." As for the controversial Mormon doctrine that keeps blacks from full membership in the church, he notes that the teaching "is the policy of the Lord." He adds that "we are subject to revelations of the Lord in case he should ever wish to make a change." Few expect, however, that Spencer Kimball will receive the necessary revelation...
...mother-in-law takes you to the spring to wash. She loads her burro with plastic bags full of clothes, in case it rains early, and sets off across the fields with her nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. She re-does your wash after your inadequate job and then her clothes and yours join the bright pattern on the smooth rocks. The little children make a game of washing, and romp through their day's work. The babies are strapped to the nearest tree in home-made hammocks of blanket and rope, safe from stray snakes or spiders...
...Calixto stumbles into the room, two friends close behind. "Senorita, friends, I am 73 years old. And do you know how many grandchildren I have? 73. You know: you have one woman in one place, another in another...
...Riggs unchauvinistically walked away from the marriage with a $1,000,000 settlement from his wife. He and Priscilla have three sons and a daughter -there are two sons from his first marriage-and the second Mrs. Riggs still keeps an up-to-date scrapbook on Bobby for future grandchildren. They keep in touch with each other; she remembers Bobby as a "gentle" husband and is rooting for him to beat King...