Word: properous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Governor, his wife startled Delaware's voters and her husband's family by commuting to law school in Philadelphia, juggling classes with her duties as first lady and mother of four. Outwardly, Pete and Elise du Pont seem like opposites -- he relaxed and playful, she rather cool and proper. Their friends contend that deep down, they are very much alike. Both are efficient, highly organized and quietly but fiercely competitive. She ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1984 with a combative but haughty campaign. (One columnist, in a wicked play on her name, dubbed her "Elite Bouffant.") She has taken...
Across the Netherlands, from the busy Rotterdam docks to the gleaming electronics plants of Eindhoven, the Dutch, who have always loved a rousing moralistic argument, are indulging in just that heady passion. The debate, which focuses on the proper balance between freedom and license, is echoed in all the industrialized democracies. In fact, the rates of divorce, juvenile crime and unwed motherhood remain lower in the Netherlands than in most other European countries and the U.S. "Let us remember that we have an open society, a nice, friendly, clean country," says Cees van Lede, president of the Federation of Netherlands...
...many Iranians enjoy themselves. In summer thousands flock to the Caspian Sea, and in winter the ski resorts remain popular. Both beaches and slopes have separate zones for men and women, and there are always the Revolutionary Guards and their chador-clad female counterparts on hand to enforce proper Islamic behavior and maintain the segregation of the sexes. The cinemas, which are often jammed, feature both postrevolutionary Iranian fare and heavily censored foreign films. One recent hit was Barabbas, a 1962 picture starring Anthony Quinn. Another was the Iranian film The Call of the Forest, which dealt with the popular...
...firing people," Regan quipped, "That's an ironic statement coming from me." It was clear that Regan had less of a grip on the White House than was once believed. He was kept in the dark about much of the Iran-contra affair. Playing off a question about the proper role of a "fall guy" protecting a | superior from embarrassment, Regan produced one of the hearings' memorable lines: "I don't mind spears in the breast. It's knives in the back that concern...
These events are important in the attempt to define what the proper role of religion should be in our society--but so are the quiet compromises that take place in everyday life, like the inner turmoil faced by a Catholic woman when she realizes she is pregnant with a baby she cannot take care...