Word: woman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Help from the Husband. Best time of life for a marginal Indian is adolescence, when responsibilities are at a minimum and chastity unusual. But soon come marriage and pregnancy. A common ceremony is the "couvade": the pregnant woman ignores her condition as best she can, while the husband secludes himself, sticks to a careful diet. At last the woman creeps into the bush, delivers her baby secretly. The husband screams in pain...
Said she: "I'm not drinking these days. Two tables away was this woman-what's her name? Peggy Joyce? ... I never heard of her. Before I knew it they were brawling-you know how I hate brawls. . . . I walked out like a lady...
...magazine variety is found at the Union newsstand, largest in the University, which is run by Don McNichol '43, 1L, former fullback on the 1941 Harlow squad, and John Ryan '48, who consider their stand still incomplete in stock since on one occasion they underestimated the power of a woman and were unable to supply the Ladies Home Journal to a Freshman reader...
...size, weight, uniformity and freedom from disease. At 66.5 Ibs. to the bushel the wheat was close to the alltime record of 67.7. For her wheat, Amy Kelsey got a loving cup, a small cash reward and a title: Wheat Queen of North America. She was the first woman to beat the men in 22 expositions, but that did not surprise her. Said she: "What...
...raised in the small town of Stolp, Pomerania, young Grosz spent more time over dime novels than art until he was 14. Then he managed to peek in on a playmate's pretty aunt as she was undressing. Says Grosz: "The image of the naked, Rubenesque woman pursued me and has continued to do so to this day." Grosz went on to art school, where he could peek as much as he liked...