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...Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord." Others may have offered more elegantly reasoned defenses of American family life-as does Arlene Rossen Cardozo in her new book, Woman at Home; still others may be attempting more organized measures to help the housewife-as has Jinx Melia with her Martha Movement. But the huge success of Marabel Morgan's books (and the hostility of her critics) makes her a remarkable phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The New Housewife Blues | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

...success-oriented society the cumulative effects of such treatment can be demoralizing. One of the few women so far trying to do anything organized for the millions of housewives is Jinx Melia, 40, who last year joined four other women in founding a national organization to give homemakers more status. Named for Martha, who did the household chores while her sister Mary listened to Christ expounding his wisdom (Luke 10:38-42), the Martha Movement so far has nearly 4,000 members in all 50 states and several foreign countries, and Executive Director Melia just returned last week from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The New Housewife Blues | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

...ranked San Francisco came within one basket of becoming another member of the exclusive "Sports Illustrated Jinx" club, just edging Santa Clara, 71-70, on a Chubby Cox basket with two seconds left...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Weekend of Upsets in College Sports: ECAC Hockey, NCAA Hoop Surprises | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Crimson: So what's the story, coach. Do the Terriers have some sort of jinx...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: You Don't Say | 12/9/1976 | See Source »

...NASL is not the WFL. If Sports Illustrated can be believed, soccer is "on the verge of becoming a major spectator sport." It has even had to contend with the infamous Sports Illustrated cover jinx...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: They Played a Game But Only a Few Came | 10/15/1976 | See Source »

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