Word: mum
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...should stop controlling, criticizing and interrupting her husband. If she slips up, she should apologize for being "disrespectful." She should give him the checkbook and leave the bills, investments and purchases to him. She should tell him what she wants, but if he doesn't agree, she should stay mum and do what he wants. As for sex, at least once a week even if she's not in the mood. And while she should express herself in terms of what she feels rather than what she thinks, she should never ask about his feelings...
...most eagerly awaited executive decision since the scrapping of New Coke, super-CEO Jack Welch last week named an heir to the GE throne. He is Jeffrey Immelt, 44, an aggressive yet charming manager who currently runs GE's Medical Systems unit. GE was mum on Immelt's numbers, which will be laid out in the company proxy in a few months. No doubt the Welch protege won a valuable prize. As Welch pointed out during a press conference last week, "He got a helluva raise, I'll tell you that...
...enforcement] works a little better when Mum and Dad are involved," he said...
...Kennedy and said nothing when he went off to the cabana. She protected what we once considered private, just like the guys. When a drunken Wilbur Mills took her to see stripper Fanne Foxe perform and declared, "I own her," Mom didn't report it. She also stayed mum after having dinner with Johnson the night after J.F.K.'s shooting, keeping to herself the panic in his eyes, his wild talk that he would be the next victim...
...LOCK ACCOUNTS Despite recent bank-privacy legislation passed in Congress, very few states have adopted laws to protect client records. Looking for a bank that will keep mum? For years, banks in Alaska and Vermont have sheltered their customers' information from pesky telemarketers and other prying parties. But if you like your current bank, privacy experts suggest sending a letter telling it you want to "opt out" on information sharing...