Word: moms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...polygamous marriage, necessity is the mother of household tranquillity. "We don't believe in divorce at all," says one of the wives. "Anyway, Mom won't have us back. So we know that the only way to succeed is to make amends." They all agree that their way of life, however trying, breeds a more enduring form of familial happiness than loosely bound monogamy. "I feel sorry for people who don't live in polygamy," says one wife. "In our world, instead of a man getting involved in wife swapping and chasing other women, he brings them...
...playing mothers all the time on the screen?'' Miss Byington once asked. "Mothers scheme and plan and love with all the versatility of a three-ring circus." Though her maternal roles included Marmee in the 1933 screen classic Little Women and Mickey Rooney's all-knowing mom in the first Andy Hardy film, she reached the zenith of her career in the mid-1950s as the fluttery mother-in-law with the heart of gold on the TV comedy series December Bride...
...just plain tents. For a fee that ranges from $4 to $6, depending on the size of lot, a family can pretend it is camping out while still enjoying the delights of suburbia. Television addicts can plug in their sets, Jacuzzi fans can return to the swirl, and if Mom forgot her hot pants back in San Berdoo, she can replace them at Campland's own boutique...
...what about me? I went to college for four years for this? What am I doing here? Well, my father says it's a learning experience. My mom says come home and I'll fix up your room. My room was fine the way it was. Dad is closer- my experience at the CRIMSON does contain a smattering of the real world. There are people who want to make sure that "negroes" do not answer their classified ad, and people who place ads that would appall even the mildest feminist. But if I wanted the real world would I have...
...General Post Office during the Easter Rebellion of 1916. Fifteen rebels were shot and thousands deported after British shells ended the uprising, but Lemass was released. According to Dublin legend, "the cops gave him a kick in the arse and told him to go home to his Mom." He went underground instead. When De Valera's Fianna Fail Party assumed power in 1932, Lemass became the youngest member of the Cabinet. As Prime Minister he tore away at the economic aspects of what he called the Green Curtain-the high tariffs and low level of industrialization that had impeded...