Word: motheral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...affairs since 1967, I insisted on including questions on civil rights, particularly as the issue had not been raised in the presidential debate the week before. And of course the questions to the two candidates could not be identical; you couldn't ask Bush his reaction as a mother to the possibility of war in Central America...
Your article on the mother-son relationship does a great disservice to fathers. The idea that a mother cares more about the children than does the father is based on clichés and false perceptions. Your anecdotes of doting mothers can be matched with stories of overprotective fathers...
...round, cheerful cheeks, Mrs. Stoffel says, "Wrestling is a release from day after day of working. You come here and yell and scream and yell and scream and then go home. My daughter loves it." Little Courtney, in a red and white sailor suit, hides her face in her mother...
...protests that he would have no veto power over Reagan's Supreme Court appointees (indeed Reagan chose Sandra Day O'Connor over Falwell's objections) and adds that he has favored legalized abortions when rape or incest is involved or to protect the life of the mother. Mondale's attacks, Falwell insists, actually help Moral Majority, boosting membership and fund raising. Says Falwell: "If there was some way I could pay Mr. Mondale to mention us more often, I would ... I only hope that he keeps...
Bush was unwavering in his support for Reagan's policies, admitting only minor differences with the President on the issue of abortion: while Reagan supports a constitutional amendment that would protect unborn fetuses except when the mother's life is threatened, the Vice President would add rape and incest as grounds for ending a pregnancy. Although in 1980 he labeled Reagan's tax and spending programs "voodoo economics," Bush now insisted he was fully behind Reaganomics. "Of course I support the President's economic program, and I support him in everything else," said Bush. Then, going...