Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brauers and their lawyer to work out a deal with the bankruptcy trustee to buy back the farmhouse and 38 acres. Last Thursday a county clerk recorded the deed in the Brauers' name. Margie, who had taken a job as a hospital secretary to supplement Ernie's $300 monthly Social Security check, sat securely in her kitchen last week. "I look out my window," she said. "Our view is so lovely from the house down to the creek. It has never been so green." But then she added quietly, "So many good things have come...
...dissent in Young vs. American Mini-Theatres: "[We] must never forget that the consequences of enforcing the guarantees of the First Amendment are frequently unpleasant. Much speech that seems to be of little or no value will enter the marketplace of ideas, threatening the quality of our social discourse, and, more generally, the serenity of our lives. But that is the price to be paid for constitutional freedom." Linton J. Childs...
Those who say they are aware of Radcliffe usually cite resources such as the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library which collects books and manuscripts on the history of women in America. Other notable programs include the Henry S. Murray Research Center, which specializes in the study of social-science issues relating to women, and the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, the nation's largest post-doctoral fellowship program for women...
...success of the arrangement. Says Lucy Sanchez: "Family is family, and we believe and act on that." But for others, the setup proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, of Englewood, Colo., a Denver suburb, has been home three times -- and left three times. "What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem," she explains. "He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to sneak around or meet them at friends' houses...
...privilege who has never envisioned a place in it for himself. Perhaps the key line of dialogue is Higgins' tossed-off confession, "I've never been able to feel really grown-up and tremendous, like other chaps." Says O'Toole: "Eliza from the start yearns to join the social order. Higgins has neither the inclination to fit in nor the faith that...