Word: husband
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addicted to overworking," says Nancy Baker-Velasquez, a partner in an insurance brokerage in California, whose husband is a sheriff's deputy on the night shift. "At the same time, you have so many more obligations as a parent now. These days, you have to start brushing their teeth even before they have teeth...
...most precious commodity to us is time," agree architect Trunzo and his wife Candace, both 41 and parents of two. "We have tried to simplify our lives as much as possible." Candace believes she and her husband are living "better lives than our parents. More hectic. But fuller." James wonders about that. "It's dangerous to use the word fuller. Where is that sense of spirituality that we talked about in the '60s? Where is the time to go up to the mountaintop? Technology is a diversion from life. You can be transfixed. I'm not sure that technology doesn...
Thus for many exhausted American families, the premium placed on free time is bringing about both subtle and sweeping changes. In some cases, it means a new division of labor between husband and wife, parents and kids; a search for more flexible professional schedules; or an outright rebellion against the rat race. Any or all of these may force a family to make some hard and intriguing choices. Which is most important? A challenging and fulfilling job? A bigger house? A college education for a gifted child? A life in the big city...
...phone, buying low-maintenance clothes and appliances, screening calls on the answering machine and taking a more lax attitude toward housekeeping. "I'm not so immaculate anymore," Baker-Velasquez explains. "There are spots on the carpet, and things are broken. But I'd rather sacrifice my home than my husband's or children's needs...
...report last year on the money-laundering affair, Swiss Federal Prosecutor Dick Marty mentioned the Zurich currency-dealing firm Sharkarchi Trading. The company denies any involvement in money laundering. Shortly before publication of the prosecutor's report, Hans Kopp, a prominent Zurich lawyer and husband of Justice Minister Elisabeth Kopp, resigned his positions as a director and vice chairman of Sharkarchi. Mrs. Kopp later resigned after admitting that she had warned her husband of the impending scandal. A criminal probe will determine whether she violated official strictures of secrecy...