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Word: motheral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tough Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, Anne Claxton stands out for her bravery. The 44-year-old mother was returning to her home from a medical clinic when ex-Con Jamaljah Aliwoli opened fire on two rookie patrolmen who had stopped him for a traffic violation. Patrolman Daniel Duffy fell wounded, and Aliwoli shot wildly at the other officer, Gregory Matura. After wounding Matura, Aliwoli turned and began hunting for Duffy with his .357 Magnum. But Claxton dashed between them, hiding Duffy as the gunman went past. The gunman stared at her before heading straight toward a police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago: True Grit on The South Side | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...chairs with the diamond-and-scroll back splats came from the Perkinses and should go eventually to Pearl along with the carved sea chest that accompanied Daddy's great-grandaddy back and forth to China countless times and the dear little blackened salt-and-pepper shakers handed down through Mother's mother's mother's people the Prynnes...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: From `A' to `S': What's in a Letter? | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...information director said she needed tolive in Chestnut Hill to be near her sick motherand consequently could not live in the Cambridgeresidence. Lord said she spent most of her nightsnear her mother, in a one-room studio at afriend's house...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Harvard News Official Accused of Rent Fraud | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...Stern, the good mother who was presented in direct examination, goes to "Gymboree" on Monday mornings, "Tots and Toddlers" on Tuesday, "Mother's Day Off" on Wednesday, and has an informal play group for neighborhood children on Thursday. Her schedule is organized around attending these cleverly-named play groups, supervising naptimes, providing balanced meals and recording landmark achievements in her "little Melissa's" growth. The classic lawyerly question--Where were you on the night of June 4th?--in this case was transposed to. How tall was your little Melissa as of June 10th? Mrs. Stern was quick with the answer...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Making Motherhood a Career | 4/7/1988 | See Source »

...have missed the feminist movement. The lawyers trying this case imposed their standards of motherhood on the witness by the questions they asked, but she acquiesced to their determinations by the answers she gave. Something has gone horribly wrong. Women never said they didn't want only to be mothers during the feminist revolution, they just said they didn't want only to be mothers. But now, as the case of Baby M has shown, women are being asked to make the choice. It's bad enough to disapprove of a woman for working. It's unconscionable to legally judge...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Making Motherhood a Career | 4/7/1988 | See Source »

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