Word: motherism
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...that was once the site of a utopian experiment led by the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson. His interest in politics began at an early age, sparked by the public careers of his family. His father, Michael, served as secretary of the commonwealth from 1979 to 1994, and his mother works as a judge in the state district court system...
...She’s] really become a mother to me—she is a civil rights leader in this city,” Connolly says of Burns. “Here she is helping a kid in his 30s get elected to the city council. We cross every conceivable line...
...girl, and befriending his former enemy, none other than that first-day-of-school bully? Check, check, and check.The title character Charlie, played by Anton Yelchin (“Alpha Dog”), is an overly earnest, delusionally optimistic troublemaker. Despite a father in jail and a drugged-out mother at home (played by a thoroughly wasted Hope Davis), Charlie approaches life and his new school with a briefcase in hand and a smile plastered on his face. Yelchin clearly has talent but is given little to work with: no amount of acting can give Charlie a sense of depth...
...attractive 40-year-old Egyptian mother of three daughters was originally a surgeon specializing in forensic medicine, but today she runs a growing practice as the only sexologist in Egypt, and probably the entire Arab world - which she reaches via two discussion shows on satellite TV. Veiled and pious, Kotb talks frankly to mostly conservative Arab men and women about such taboo subjects as how to make love, how to kindle desire and why regular sex is so important for a healthy marriage...
...costs and so control some of the risks. Italy and Germany forbid embryo storage; England limits doctors to implanting two embryos, or three if a woman is over 40. Sweden and Belgium allow only one. Many lawmakers are driven less by moral than medical concerns, for the health of mother and baby and the costs associated with premature and multiple births. Professional associations in the U.S. also favor limits but stress the need to treat each case individually; they recommend a maximum of five embryos implanted in a woman over...