Word: mother
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lively, volatile. It would smash, in one minute, the image people had of her of someone who lived life serenely, steering always the same sure, slow course." Yet the more she learns about Caroline Watson, the more troubled Anne becomes. The artist had been, by any standards, a miserable mother. She had borne an illegitimate son in Paris and then, under parental pressure, abandoned him to the care of relatives back home in Philadelphia. This unhappy child had grown into a drunk and failure who died at age 28. His widow became the artist's closest friend and companion...
...unfairness: "The truth of the matter was that for a woman to have accomplished something, she had to get out of the way of her own body." As she broods on her feelings for her children, Anne increasingly wonders whether they are good or harmful, to them and her. "Mother love," Jane Watson replies to one of Anne's queries. "I haven't the vaguest idea what it means...
...very tasteful indeed, Wanda. Great photography and a real slice of life as it is undoubtedly lived in the Zaccaro household, at least when all those accountants aren't cluttering up the place. Here we are, sharing a typical moment of televised intimacy between a famous mother, her two daughters and a Pepsi. Like most Americans, I found myself riveted to the tube as she told the daughters, "You can be anything you want to be" and that being a mother was one of the choices she was most proud of. You've just got to admire a politician...
Ralph: Right, dearest. So doubtless we shall soon see Margaret Thatcher flogging Dr Pepper, and Queen Elizabeth in her royal quarters having an argument with Prince Philip over Mountain Dew. Maybe we can get Sandra Day O'Connor to push Gatorade. And how about Mother Teresa for Perrier? She could talk to us about choices for the poor...
...Donahue TV show last week. "You work all your life, and then something like this happens." While most depositors will eventually have access to their money, the bank holiday disrupted thousands of lives. "The thing that's breaking my heart," says Paulette Lotspeich, a Cincinnati substitute teacher and mother of three, "is that my husband and I were going to go on a trip by ourselves for the first time in 14 years, to Florida. That's over now. We can't afford to go." Many businesses tried to help out the cashless consumers. Some grocery chains continued to accept...