Word: macho
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...find Jonathan Winters crossed with Willard Scott: a lunch- pail lug who should be shambling into the Cheers bar to a chorus of "Norm!" Norm? Is that any name for a general? And is it absurd or poetic that the successor to Arnold Schwarzenegger as America's favorite macho man should be H. Norman Schwarzkopf...
...situation at home is often worse than at work. Hungary's traditionally macho culture raises men to be strong, powerful rulers and women to be humble, obedient wives. Yet the country's poor economy forces women to hold full-time jobs as well as running the household. This double burden is almost unbearable, especially since the time-saving technology we are accustomed to in the West--including clothes dryers, microwave ovens and dishwashers--is not available or are not affordable for most Hungarian families...
...aversion to feminism stems from Hungary's macho culture and from the communist legacy. When the Soviet Union occupied Hungary in 1945, the communists tried to break traditional gender roles, declaring all women "emancipated" and sending them to work. Wages were lowered so that no family could survive on one income...
Worst Thing About Feeling Good Two touchie-kissie-sweetie movies, Ghost and Pretty Woman, won worldwide success. Audiences who had tired of muscling in on the macho antics of Arnold and Sly instead cozied up to a couple of lame femme fantasies with morals no more profound than Shop Till You Drop (Pretty Woman) and Kiss the Corpse (Ghost...
Many Americans concede nothing to the Japanese in the tirelessness department. "People love to boast about how little sleep they've had," says Dr. Neil Kavey, director of Columbia University's sleep center in New York City. "It's macho and dynamic." Those who run themselves ragged are often hailed as ambitious comers, while those who insist on getting their rest are dismissed as lazy plodders...