Word: mate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...college to find future husbands has amused me, and previously I have been content with that concept. "Now Mrs. Bunting has lit a fire under me. I must now work so that I may remain superior to the now "expectant" female who is to be my future mate. Fat chance, thanks to Mrs. Bunting...
...dedicate themselves to something '"more meaningful" than marriage and motherhood is the symptom of a sick mind. Feminists like Mrs. Bunting are unwilling to face the fact that fundamental biological differences have forever determined the relationship between the sexes-the man as father, provider and protector, and his mate as mother, companion and helpmeet. Fulfilling her role successfully requires the woman's complete dedication to home and husband...
...mate pushes for a mass life-boat program and, since our crew is seriously frightened of the other ship, the lifeboats are built...
Meanwhile, someone on one ship or the other has tossed a tomato onto the other deck, and soon our crewmen are being actively besieged by tomatoes. Our mate is incensed, "Provocation, aggression!" he screams, and the crew sets up an uproar about "standing firm" and "teaching those hoodlums a lesson" and "we're ready for anything." Another tomato splats in front of our mate and we open fire, Immediately the other ship returns the barrage. When the dust clears, it is apparent that both ships are sinking...
...book's commanding personality, clubbing her children judiciously when they are too rough for her human friends, using the top of the Adamsons' Land Rover as a refuge when she is tired of suckling. The reader acquires some useful information-rhinos make "unexpectedly meek sounds" when they mate, lurking crocodiles will show themselves if one says "imn, imn," before fording a river, and a nursing lioness can retract her teats for convenience while hunting...