Word: husbanded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moines, Babbitt bypasses the Savery Hotel, the venerable political hot spot, and stays instead in the spartan Kirkwood, with its scuffed furniture and worn carpets. No luxury suites here. One night, when Hattie Babbitt settled into bed at the Kirkwood, she asked her husband, "Do I smell mildew?" But the odor was not the hotel linens. She laughed. "It was his T shirt...
AFTER being struck by her husband, the Godfather's daughter Sandra appeals to Don Corleone's justice, saying "You never beat your wife." The Godfather answers: "She never gave me reason to beat her." The court's ruling, as certainly as the exchange in the movie, makes clear that a good wife fulfills her husband's needs and stays in line. Only bad wives get beaten...
...implication is that it's the wife's job to serve her husband--have his pot roast ready, bring him his newspaper and his slippers, ask him how the day went, and all before putting Wally and the Beaver to bed before...
...just what it sought to determine. Namely, if Charlotte Fedders provided enough emotional support. But how much is enough? And, more to the point, how is emotional support measured--in hugs and kisses provided? You, the court effectively told Charlotte Fedders, provided only 7.5 units of sustenance, whereas your husband required 10.7 units...
...father (Carlton Sagara), on the verge of death after years of illness, has finally brought his first wife "China Mama" (Lena Chen) over to the United States. She is not enthusiastically received by number two wife or the children. To add to the chaos, "Sis" brings home a white husband...