>>>And the destruction of the family as we knew it is also often due to forced relocation. If one of a pair gets a chance to get promoted (or to keep the job) by moving to another city, most of the time there wasn't a job for the spouse, or not one that would mean a smart career move. Some of it was probably make work. And sometimes the value of second income was doubtful, because the cost of child care would eat a sizable chunk of it.
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>>>So it's as much the women's fault as Milo[s caron]evi[c acute]'s staying in power was my fault.
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>>I dunno about above, and I am sure it is not yours;
>>but Milosevic staying in power for so long IS to some extent womens fault ! {g}
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>>Back in early 90ies, quiet big %age of our soap opera audiences were either madly inlove, or otherwise mesmerised with
>>the b****rd !!. If he was not a politician - he would have been fantastic for the role of Carrington in 'Dynasty' ! {lol}
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>A little bit of charisma goes
a long way in elections - that happens in all countries it seems...
Except here where election to high office is treated with all the gravitas of the awarding of a Nobel Prize , that is entirely based on accomplishment, substance and resume.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
