Word: lifes
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...Bradley's marriage that gave his life its biggest test. At a recent stop in Iowa, Bradley was asked by a man in overalls if he had ever had a brush with adversity. Bradley answered that nearly failing his first semester at Princeton and a lackluster rookie Knicks season were hard. "But neither were as hard as when my wife developed breast cancer," he said. The disease was diagnosed in 1992, and Schlant underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Bradley became her secretary, taking notes in doctors' offices and making schedules for his shell-shocked wife. "I just remember his long...
Bradley says the episode made him more willing to speak from the heart. Ernestine says it helped her shed life's unimportant demands. "I refuse to be harassed," she says. She calls it quits at 9 (the hour she and Bradley talk if they are apart) and fiercely holds onto her one day a week off with her husband. But what about campaign life, which is famous for riling--and pigeonholing--spouses? Shrugs Bradley: "Ernestine is going to be Ernestine...
...while our husbands were trying to resolve serious differences, Raisa and I discovered we were much alike. We talked about our children, how difficult it could be to live a public life, and of course we talked about our husbands. We both just happened to be crazy about the men we married. We also shared many adventures. I took her with me to Wellesley College, where we both gave commencement speeches. We took a wonderful trip down the Moscow River, and George and I spent a weekend with Mikhail and Raisa at Camp David. Even when the talks between...
...their novelty. In a place where everybody knows everybody, the unknown is sexy; it offers a last hope for change, adventure, escape. Jettisoning propriety means the locals have never felt so alive. If the fling ends in one's getting flung...well, as the sheriff says, "That's what life is about, isn't it--finding...
...chance that young boys who bully or engage in other aggressive behavior will grow out of it by late adolescence. Moreover, contrary to the worries of many Ritalin-weary moms and dads, boys who are hyperactive but not particularly aggressive aren't likely to become violent later in life...