Word: motheral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Boston's legendary mayor James Michael Curley was leaving city hall late one night, tradition has it, he observed cleaning women scrubbing the floor on their hands and knees. In memory of his mother, a scrubwoman, the next day Curley provided the women with long-handled brushes so they could perform their chores standing...
...asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, if he had been the target of vicious parodies? But Washington was lampooned, replied Attorney Alan Isaacman. In 1789 he was depicted riding an ass. "I think George could handle that," said Scalia. "That's a far cry from committing incest with your mother in an outhouse...
Those who can't do, teach. While teaching a writing class at a local college, Donner meets Owen Lift (DeVito), a rumpled, childish lunatic tormented by his mother. In a conversation about how to write an exciting murder mystery, Owen misinterprets Larry's advice and decides that Larry wants to swap murder targets with him. He plots to get rid of Margaret, convinced that Donner will bump off his Momma in return...
...what is the issue of 'vital importance' for which you pleaded with us to fly to Boston?" The question came from my mother, who, I suspected, knew damn well why I had asked them to come...
Finally, the toys may cost too much for what they offer. Many parents, all too familiar with child-size attention spans, are wary of the latest fad. "I think these toys are getting outlandish," declares Sheila Menzies, 27, a single mother from Burbank, Calif., as she tows her two toddlers through the local Toys 'R' Us. "They are too expensive, and they leave nothing to the imagination...