Word: lied
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...generation," she began a WHRB interview, "the consciousness of what a woman's life can be came too late--and too painfully--to do anything at all." She admits she continues to direct her books at that generation, writing passionate, if somewhat untenable, perfaces about her consoeurs who "lie beside their husbands at night...afraid to ask even of themselves the silent question--'Is this all?'" She then rushes into effusions about "marvelously talented college girls who will bear children so much stabler than the neurotic children of my generation." Never tying one though to another, she hurries on: "Children...
...legend in law enforcement circles for the methods that he pioneered. His stiff rules of conduct are now standardized as a code of ethics for police across the country. His department was the first to use blood, fiber and soil analysis in detection (1907); the first to use the lie detector (a Berkeley cop collaborated in inventing the polygraph in 1921); it was an early developer of a fingerprint classification system (1924) and the first to use radio-equipped squad cars...
...light of a single fluttering candle, a tall solemn priest sits bowed above a resplendent manuscript in his solitary scriptorium. On the table before him lie vials of red and blue and purple inks, pots of honey-colored glue, sheets of gold leaf, and reams of creamy antique vellum glowing golden in the candlelight. Only the scratching of a quill interrupts the rich religious silence as the priest pursues his labor of love...
...impotence. By far the most common ground is the vague "cruelty," a catchall that conceals more than it reveals. The harried judge, in fact, rarely hears the true story, usually signs the divorce agreement after only perfunctory questioning. The defendant in the case has every reason to lie: the size of the alimony, the custody of the children and even the right to remarry may well depend on what the agreement says about his guilt...
...theory, U.S. marriages can be ended only by the state of domicile-the state in which the parties really live. Actually, such states as Idaho and Nevada permit divorce after only six weeks' residence, and solemnly accept the visitor's lie that he or she aims to stay. The other states, including New York, accept such divorces because the Constitution commands all states to give "full faith and credit" to one another's court judgments. On the other hand, no state is required to recognize the highly popular 24-hour Mexican divorce, which shuns the domicile lie...