Word: motherhood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...particularly those in government, have no greater desire than to appear évolués (progressive) in the eyes of visiting African and European dignitaries. But they learned long ago that their wives would be no help. Usually married by 15 and quickly saddled with the burdens of multiple motherhood, the Katangese wife has no time to acquire social graces. At a formal affair, she usually sits immobile, responding to conversational gambits with an agonized oui or non, counting the minutes until she can return to her manioc masher...
...that people are brought up on. Annie is tougher than hell, with a heart of gold and a fast left, who can take care of herself because she has to. She's controversial, there's no question about that. But I keep her on the side of motherhood, honesty and decency...
...trouble is that in America, unlike most other societies, newlyweds are expected to be immediately independent of their parents. Grandmothers are not allowed to help much in the rearing of children; in fact, their help may be resented by the mother. As a result, American women are plunged into motherhood, rather than assuming their role gradually...
Though many businessmen were at first indifferent to Walter Heller's tax cut, most now seem to favor it. "Being against the tax cut is like being against motherhood," says Edwin D. Campbell, executive vice president of Massachusetts' Itek Corp. The Government estimates that a cut would give consumers an extra $5.9 billion to spend next year. Though that may not amount to much for each household-$2.30 a week for a married man with a $6,000 taxable income-economists calculate that the "multiplier effect" would give a substantial boost to the economy. About...
...Conjugal Bed--Ugo Tognazzi and Marina Vlady star in a comedy about the acting out in human terms of the queen bee's desire for motherhood and the late of the drone who dares satisfy her. The Harvard Student Calender, December...