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Word: matings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opposite an empty chair representing her mother and accused her of always wanting a boy. She was reassured by several of us that she seemed feminine, indeed. Bernie, whose wife was leaving him, and Barbara, who was leaving her husband, each took the part of the other's mate and got deeply involved in an angry, accusative pushing match. Barbara, usually very controlled, was able to express her feelings freely for the first time in years. Carl, unaware of his pent-up anger, which Sylvia and several group members had sensed, was asked to walk around the circle, stopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Weekend Encounter: Strength from the Group | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

...reunite the bitterly divided Republican Party in Florida failed and Rep. William Cramer, a shoo-in before his primary fight with Harrold Carswell, lost to Democratic State Sen. Lawton Chiles, a political unknown who eschewed TV commercials for a highly publicized hike across the state. "Walkin' Lawton's" running mate, State Sen. Reubin Askew, also won, ending the stormy political career of Gov. Claude Kirk...

Author: By Frank Rich and Thomas P. Southwick, S | Title: Nixon Achieves Slim Senate Gain With Upset Victories in the East | 11/4/1970 | See Source »

...would be unwise to push this fact too far. Except in France, where political philosophies tended to turn inward, most political movements of the past 150 years have been highly exogamous, often finding in partibus infidelium new ideas with which to mate. For many years, liberals have been in favor of expanding and improving social security; would it make sense to refer to them as "Junker liberals" merely because the first social security system was instituted in the regime of Otto von Bismarck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: POLITICS AND THE NAME GAME | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

...great problem, however, of not having a voice is that Louis is unable to trumpet to female swans and thus is ignored as a desirable mate...

Author: By Deborah B. Johnson, | Title: Regressing Swansong | 10/31/1970 | See Source »

...recent interview he traced his family tree and said, "My ancestors may have been Jewish. We're really not sure." Rockefeller has also done well in the past among black voters, but this time a highly regarded black state senator, Basil Paterson, is Goldberg's running mate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Is the Rock Still Solid? | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

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