Word: pilar
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...When Pilar Jiménez wed in 1961, she knew her marriage would last. "Back then, no one separated," says the 71-year-old Salamanca resident. "Marriage was for life." Indeed, her union - like most that took place in the strongly Catholic environment of Franco's Spain - endured, lasting until her husband's death two years ago. But if her marriage was typical of its era, so too are those of her 10 children: five of them are now divorced...
...When Pilar Jiménez wed in 1961, she knew her marriage would last. "Back then, no one separated," says the 71-year-old Salamanca resident. "Marriage was for life." Indeed, her union endured until her husband's death two years ago. But if her marriage was typical of its era, so too are those of her ten children - five of whom are now divorced. That puts her family roughly at Spain's national average these days...
...Divorce may be a sin, but if the marriage is hell, why would you stay?" asks César Borrego, 35, one of Pilar's sons, who was divorced from his wife in 2006 after eight years of marriage. It was a contentious divorce - the couple have two children and César sued for shared custody - but less difficult, in some ways, than that of his older brother Kiko, who split from his wife in 1992 after three months of marriage. "Because of the law then, we had to wait until we had been married a year before...
...Pilar Jiménez, there is no doubt that some old values have been lost. "Before, family was always the most important thing," she says. "It would never have entered in my mind to separate." Still, she admits that, thanks to her children, she's become more accustomed to the idea of divorce. "They're adults," she says. "If two people are unhappy, why should they have to suffer...
...open McCoy, who put the shot in for a 3-1 lead. Defense reigned during the final twenty minutes for Harvard, and while New Hampshire was able to put another score to pull within one, a few key stops, including an intercepted pass by freshman back Pilar Curtis, prevented the Wildcats from equalizing. “It’s always a battle with them,” Shapiro said. “They are a tough team, and they never stop fighting. Just having that knowledge going into the game, we were prepared for that.” Harvard...