Word: kinfolks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tasks as well as the economic need to work. They are willing to endure grinding labor for the sake of their children's futures; sadly, finding help to care for those children may be the single greatest problem that some immigrant women face. In the women's home countries, kinfolk often help to care for young children. Without the support of a household of female relatives in the U.S., a mother must pay between $15 and $25 a week for the care of one child, far too much for someone with several children who is earning the minimum wage...
...birthday. The party began with a five-mile road race; the former - President and still earnest jogger came in 314th out of 437 with a time of 40:35. He did better during the parade down Main Street, leading the way with Rosalynn past 7,000 cheering visitors and kinfolk. Brother Billy is both these days, and he was spotted on the edge of the crowd, having dropped by from Waycross, Ga., where he works for a mobile-home manufacturer. Glad to be home, Billy? "Not really," he grinned. "I don't get back much, except to pass through...
...grown wealthy in America, gave him five younger siblings, some of whom spent their lives wondering when Alfred would ever grow up. From his teens onward, when he was drawn to photography and modernism in painting and sculpture, the bourgeois he most wanted to épater were his closest kinfolk. Yet he was free to indulge in bohemian pursuits, secure in the knowledge that his family could, however grudgingly, afford...
...investigations and the disclosures already made would not affect the President's campaign for reelection. "I'm his brother," he said, "but I'm still a private citizen. You know what they say, 'You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your kinfolk...
...heed to the Government's threats, and the rescue navy continued to grow. "They have to say that," shrugged one skipper. Relatives of the refugees were already waiting on Florida's docks with cash in hand, ready to pay the fines in case the boats carrying their kinfolk were seized. Chances are that few if any fines will be imposed or collected. "Look at the dimensions and emotion of all this," said one weary customs officer, waving his hand across the crowded Key West docks. "How could we possibly do anything to stop...