Word: mama
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...always, Mama saw to it that everyone was fed, made sure that Father wore a clean white shirt, put everything in its proper place -- all with a warm, ; ready smile on her round face. She acted as if no catastrophe had occurred: the Central Committee had simply made another decision, in this case involving the dismissal of her husband, and she accepted it as she had accepted so many others. After all, she wasn't just his wife but a party member, and democratic centralism's dictates about subordination from top to bottom had become second nature to her. Once...
...December, Mama and Father went out to Petrovo-Dalneye to see the new dacha where they were to live. The house seemed spacious and yet cozy. Naturally, we anticipated microphones in the dacha. It turned out that the receivers and tape recorders had been installed in the little gatehouse. The equipment was mediocre, and the eavesdropping was quite careless. The guards sometimes substituted music tapes for the blank recording tapes to while away the long evenings. When they did, we could make out the faint melodies through the walls of Father's room; the microphones had become speakers. A couple...
...MAMA, THERE'S A MAN IN YOUR...
Forget the awful American title that defaces this effervescent French comedy. Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed suggests the species of snickering sex farce that runs forever in Parisian and West End theaters. Coline Serreau originally named the film after her two star-crossed lovers: Romuald and Juliette. That title is simply fine...
...absolutely must come up with a pet name for your interviewer, use one that connotes respect, such as "coach," rather than a more pejorative name such as "scooter" or "big mama...