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Word: mothers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turntables and drop rhymes like my childhood in a multi-acre, tree-lined estate compels me to. But at least my relationship with hip-hop goes beyond a fondness for the Fat Boys. Because when I was growing up, everyone's father was a lawyer, and everyone's mother was a real estate agent. And you're going to tell me that that's not real...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: As It Were | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...ideal Mother's Day would be for my son to surprise me by coming home--arriving at the door with a box of Godiva chocolates, all dark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CALLING ALL MOMS | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...definition, stepmothers are rivals to the most revered figure in society: the birth mother--Mom. Whether the first wife is still in the picture or deceased, idealized thoughts about her haunt a stepmother's new home. "The mere fact that these children exist means that the first marriage in some ways lives on in hers," says Cherie Burns, author of Stepmotherhood. Stepmothers are often seen as stepmonsters, wicked characters in fairy tales or destructive home wreckers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Stepped-On Moms | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...half the beauty of it. This is a great town to work in." The half-mocking nickname he has earned from fellow cops is "Father O'Connor," and he will joke and scold and reason with a cranky teenager, and listen for a long time to a young mother whose record of staying off drugs is not quite spotless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Soul of a Small Town | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...face a little bit. Surely we can manage to love them a little louder. To find the time to read their school papers, listen to their music, watch what they watch and get to know their friends. I have a memory of my mother, bless her, sitting at our dining-room table and reading the liner notes to Thick as a Brick the year my brother was 16 and deeply into Jethro Tull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Littleton Massacre: Where Were the Parents? | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

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