Word: wifely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proceeds, he remembers when he saw the Light. "When you meet your master, it takes but a minute," says Berg, referring to the late, hallowed Kabbalist Yehudah Brandwein. "The Light simply turned on." The enlightenment was passed on by marriage as well: Brandwein's niece became Berg's first wife. Since Berg met Brandwein in 1962, the Brooklyn-born leader of the Kabbalah Learning Center has pursued a single mission: the dissemination of Kabbalah to mankind and, flouting Kabbalistic orthodoxy, to womankind too. He concedes, however, that such lofty aspirations require financial grounding: "I don't know...
This ritual, dating from an earlier era, is meant to signify the fact that a woman is now marriageable. For this reason she must be introduced to society so that everyone knows she is now wife material. It generally happens during a woman's first year of college. However, most social beings have spent many a night doing the Harvard social scene. Does a woman's ability to romp around late at night render this custom less necessary? Perhaps. Even so, there is no shortage of Harvard debutantes. Unfortunately, as debutante balls have been the victims of quite extensive criticism...
...such a policy had existed at Harvard in 1937, Walburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, John Kenneth Galbraith '50, would have been prohibited from marrying the woman who is still his wife...
Earlier, Dunne's wife Ellen, whom he remained very close to despite their divorce, had contracted multiple sclerosis. Then, shortly after his move to New York City, his daughter was killed. "If I had been drinking when that happened..." he says, his voice trailing off. His first novel failed, but his second, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, became a best seller; he covered the Von Bulow trial, and his second career was launched...
...responding to NOW's criticism of it by rhetorically asking "Am I missing something?" Yes, John, you are. NOW comprises both men and women working to achieve social and economic equity for women. The Promise Keepers believe the way to a happy home is through a wife's submission to her husband's authority. NOW works to share power. The Promise Keepers work to hoard it. Big difference. JENNIFER COBURN San Diego...