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Word: motherin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...really know about other people? Who they are, what they are, what they are doing, and why they are doing it?" The busybodies of the world who try to lift that veil find no truth, but they do uncover the pain at the heart of existence. If the motherin-law's daughter died, or if the son-in-law's wife was taken to an asylum, it may, in either instance, have been a reality too terrible to face. Pirandello agrees with O'Neill that man must have illusions to make life bearable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Fops & Philosophers | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

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