Word: hearths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase) sits by the fireplace; his lazy, lovable pet, Yellow Dog, dozes at his feet. An odor catches Andy's attention -- hmmm, something's burning. The master of this Vermont farmhouse eases on over to the hearth, extracts Yellow Dog's tail from the cinders and gently stubs it out like a spent cigar. The pooch barely opens one glazed eye. This scene, briefer than a minute, is a vagrant moment of unforced drollery in Funny Farm's carnival of sylvan horrors...
...glamorous life-style and the drudgery endured by most Soviet women, the First Lady expresses attitudes that reflect popular aspirations. In a letter to TIME, she strikes a series of chords that show her to be in tune with her female compatriots. Selflessness. Self-sacrifice. Keepers of the hearth and home. From such broad themes, it is only a small step to the primary preoccupation: coping with life as it is, rather than dreaming how it might be. What does a woman want...
...make the life of every individual on earth worthy of our times. We had many interesting discussions about the role of women in society and family, and about what should be done to make their participation in society harmonious with their indispensable role as keeper of the hearth and home...
...Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly raising chickens and changing diapers in a High Noon sequel (Quarter to Four ?). You can't. "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished," laments Tennyson's Ulysses after his return home from heroism to sit "by this still hearth, among these barren crags...
...human-animal bond has long lifted spirits at home, and now is bringing that touch of hearth to institutional settings. In U.S. prisons, the Birdman of Alcatraz has numerous descendants. In Lima, Ohio, at a facility for mentally ill inmates, part of the courtyard resembles a barnyard. Sheep, goats, ducks, rabbits -- even deer -- roam around. "We're finding the prisoners who have pets are less violent," says Psychiatric Social Worker David Lee. In a double bonus, women inmates in Gig Harbor, Wash., are training special dogs to aid the handicapped. For one family with a daughter who suffers from...