Word: moms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mother Jones column (her mom...
...thousands who participated in pro-choice demonstrations on Nov. 12, organized by NOW and other groups, were marching for the first time in their lives. Among them was Emily Friedan, 33, a Buffalo pediatrician and Betty Friedan's daughter. "For 25 years I have rarely appeared with my mom. This April I marched with her because of the abortion issue," says Friedan, who has organized a local chapter of Physicians for Choice. The abortion issue has helped galvanize college-age women -- and men -- out of their political inertia. Alexandra Stanton, 20, took a year's leave from Cornell to launch...
...later became a ubiquitous pinup during World War II: a surrealistically gorgeous woman partially dressed in a shimmering negligee knelt on a bed and smiled enigmatically over her bare left shoulder. Inspired by this stunning vision in black-and-white, countless G.I.s knew exactly what they were fighting for. Mom, apple pie and Rita Hayworth...
...there is a history. The Harvard athletic facilities are for use by students, staff, faculty and their families. For years, parents have brought their families. For years, parents have brought their babies, securely strapped into strollers, to wait by the pool while mom, dad and older siblings went swimming. In past years, a watchful eye was kept on the baby parked at the end of the lane. With both the baby boom and the increased number of people actively working to maintain their physical fitness, more and more people began bringing babies to the pool. Many strollers scattered around...
...retrospective wisdom. It came out at the right time of year, when its only competition was heavy dramas. It hits yuppie moviegoers where they live: in the narrow margin between careers and parenthood. It carries echoes of When Harry Met Sally in the loving friendship of a thirtysomething mom (Kirstie Alley) and the cabdriver (John Travolta) who moonlights as baby-sitter. It has Hollywood's favorite premise, the fish out of water -- or, here, fetus out of womb. For the main character is a talking baby, in the worldly wise-guy voice of TV and movie star Bruce Willis...