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...people." Commoners were no longer forbidden to speak his name or look at his face; 90% of his wealth, estimated at $250 million, was confiscated. Characteristically, the bespectacled monarch absorbed such indignities without comment, let alone complaint. Taking cheerfully to frugality, he began donating food from the imperial household to his beleaguered countrymen...
...status and who understands the new notions about companionship and a mate chosen for love. Nearly 60% of marriages are still omiai, arrangements made mostly through family and friends but also through counseling and computer centers, and company introduction services. A bride no longer enters her husband's household as a kind of servant to her mother-in-law, nor will she shuffle respectfully three steps behind her husband...
...idea of marriage and a family. Lulla's predicament enlightened me to the fact that, for all the polemical feminist literature I'd digested since I was 12, my harsh beliefs had essentially taken shape within the safe and cozy confines of a happy middle-class suburban household. It struck me, many years later actually, that radicalism is a privilege which most people haven't the right to abuse...
...queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is the undisputed leader of her large family. She is the matriarch, "...the queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is a monarch by virtue of her strength, energy and stubbornness. Although her effect on the household is subtle, her presence is constantly felt, her power never doubted. From her family, she commands an unlikely mix of fear, respect and sincere love. And as family matriarcl., Lil Krauss becomes the symbol of female dominance throughout Joan Chase's first novel. During the Reign of the Queen...
...tellingly titled book on the grueling aspects of caring for the victims. Most important, she explains, is to "simplify the sensory information the patient is getting." Mace suggests discussing only one topic at a time, not confusing patients with too many choices, posting instructions on how to use household appliances and encouraging the individual to make lists and written reminders. No one with Alzheimer's should be cut off from friends or a normal routine, Mace argues. But instead of having a lot of people over for dinner, only one or two should be invited at a time. Physical...