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...emotions of parenthood were hypothetically involved when children were abandoned to baby farms, workhouses and, most frequently, to wet nurses, who assumed the duties of motherhood for two to five years of a child's life. In Dickensian realities, the only emotion expended by institutions like workhouses was greed. The relationship that probably comes closest to the Baby M. case was that between a governess and her charges, whom she was technically hired to tutor and discipline, but for whom, more often than not, she provided tenderness and affection as well. Rochester paid Jane Eyre to love his child...
...pure chance, the Bakker scandal -- involving sex, greed and ministerial rivalries -- has coincided with a controversy swirling about another televangelist. The Rev. Oral Roberts, operator of a TV ministry, university and medical center in Tulsa, had broadcast that God would "call Oral Roberts home" unless by March 31 believers came up with $4.5 million for missionary work. Many Christians, including some Roberts followers, were scandalized by what they perceived to be implicit spiritual blackmail. The Bakker-Roberts furor raised questions about the future of TV evangelism, a fast-growing, klieg-lighted mode of Christian proselytizing -- and fund raising. Counting radio...
...life care is always a financially smart investment, many Americans are finding that the predictability of a life-care program gives them invaluable peace of mind. "It's an excellent concept," says Lawrence Krause, a San Francisco-based financial planner. "The fear of loss is much greater than the greed of gain." Dean Bowman, 76, and Wife Fate, 75, would agree. They paid $82,000 in 1984 to live in a two-bedroom home in Mount San Antonio Gardens. Says Dean: "There's no question in my mind that we made the right decision. We took an oath early...
...what is bugging everyone these days," says Darman. Instead, he sees the resentment as being directed at stagnant industries and declining education systems. Businesses that profited from tax breaks without making intelligent investments, combined with the scandals and takeovers on Wall Street, have bolstered the perception of greed run wild. One result, Darman says, "is that latent idealism is having a comeback...
...carry the message right through to the next President, be he Democrat or Republican. Prosperity has been no mere conjurer's trick; it was paid for with a painful recession that was the first valley of the Reagan presidency. Since then, a few rascals like Ivan Boesky have let greed run wild, but most business people got down to work and reaffirmed that the honorable creation of wealth is at the heart of a healthy democracy. The scent of the buck is kindling creativity again even in the depressed farm belt and idled steel valleys. And Reagan's sermon that...