Word: relationship
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Frank Kermode, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, discussed the relationship between plot and character, dealing primarily with the role of Judas in the passion of the New Testament...
Quebec's claim to a distinct identity has for centuries made it Canada's problem child. Novelist MacLennan described the historical relationship between French-and English-speaking Canadians as "the two solitudes." Roman Catholic, French-speaking, stamped by a different culture and tradition, the mostly rural Quebecois lived a separate life from that of the province's Protestant, English-speaking minority, which centered its activities around Montreal and the nearby Eastern Townships. For the Anglophone elite, the hub of Quebec life was Montreal's fashionable Sherbrooke Street, within easy distance of the banks and big businesses that they dominated almost...
Should love and affection be superseded by legal formalities? Ashley argues that a sensibly written contract strengthens a relationship by forcing partners to think problems out in advance. One woman, he reports, agreed to stop smoking but became so distraught when she tried it that her fiancé broke off the engagement. In that case, Ashley concludes, the contractual promises helped terminate a shaky match. And, he notes, the written word has coercive power: "There is a tendency to live up to a written promise?or at least to make a real effort to do so?when one might shrug...
There are some unexpected pitfalls on the road to contractual bliss. For example, most states still label homosexual acts as criminal, so a contract based on a homosexual relationship might be voided by the courts. The law also prohibits agreements that "facilitate" or "encourage" divorce, and any document listing property rights that either party will get in the event of divorce may do just that. Ashley counsels "skillful legal drafting," naturally done by a good lawyer, that refers to any eventual separation as the most loathsome" of all possible eventualities...