Word: womb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...February 20, 1996, a demagogue was born in the state of New Hampshire. The fetus was conceived decades ago, metamorphosing in the politically nurturing setting of the White House into a right-wing, conservative speech writer under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. The American media was a second protective womb for the developing organism on CNN's "Crossfire" and in such conservative papers as the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which voiced expressions of support for Barry Goldwater and Senator Joseph McCarthy. Finally, one week ago, the moment of emergence arrived, and out came Patrick J. Buchanan as New Hampshire...
...that prevailed during the weekend. In fact I declared just the opposite: "Of course, I never smoked when I was pregnant." This is an outrage. You announced to the world that I cavalierly exposed my five children to the harmful effects of tobacco while I carried each in my womb. I am disappointed by such sloppy and unprofessional reporting. FRANCES P. (MRS. G. GORDON) LIDDY Fort Washington, Maryland...
...WOMB FOR RENT...
BARBARA EHRENREICH'S MASTERLY SUMmary of Princess Di's plight [ESSAY, Dec. 18] and Ehrenreich's premise that the "only honest description of [Diana's] occupation would have to be 'hired womb'" was right on the mark. I would add that Di was no ordinary broodmare, since her progeny will sit on England's throne as long as it endures. As such a benefactor, she is certainly entitled to enormous perks in the form of a comfortable life, cashmere included. JACK K. KOOK Newton, New Jersey...
...they don't believe any of the conservative solutions will work either. Liberals want to keep things as they are, and just tinker at the margins--maybe. And after episodes like Susan Smith's drowning of her children, and the ripping of a child from his murdered mother's womb in Chicago, they are ready to believe some souls are inherently evil and beyond redemption...