Word: households
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Clearly, that decision means more than simply remaining in a familiar house. It means sticking with a way of life. In Ethel's mind, her stewardship of that clamorous household symbolizes her stewardship of a legacy from Bobby. Thus she is the driving force behind the Kennedy Foundation, which she is determined will be a "living" memorial, appropriate to Bobby's ideals. She is the staunchest backer of the foundation's plan to raise money for fellowships that will enable promising but underprivileged youths to work alongside leaders of their own causes (a young farm laborer, for example, might work...
Nevertheless, she still has a household staff, counting volunteers and part-time workers, that numbers around nine. While she does not exactly take this cushion for granted, she occasionally presumes on it. Her tendency to be unaware of how other people live makes her seem demanding at times. She can ask her women friends to help with mail or join in welcoming somebody home from Zambia and fail to understand why they cannot run right over. Yet, as those friends are quick to point out, she is never as demanding of others as she is of herself...
Otherwise, a raffish, indulgent and hyperactive atmosphere prevailed in the Skakel household. There were servants, a swimming pool, riding horses, a 35-ft. yawl and another smaller sailboat (significantly named, by Ethel, Sink or Swim). The house was always crammed with the children's schoolmates and other visitors, and it was not unusual for 25 people to gather at the Skakels' dinner table...
...average U.S. home, the danger of electrical shock is considerable. In hospitals, the hazard is often far greater. And the sicker the patient is, the greater the danger, for he is likely to be wired to a battery of electronic monitoring and assistance devices. Yet while most household devices from irons and toasters to dishwashers come with a little tag reading "UL [for Underwriters' Laboratories] Approved," there is no comparable standard of approval for hospital equipment...
STRINDBERG MUST have known a tough lot of women. "The Father" portrays the gradual disintegration of the solitary male in a 19th century Swedish household. He is surrounded by women who range from naive and loving to unscrupulous and crafty in their oppressive imposition of their worlds and dreams upon him. The females are not totally to blame, however. Strindberg makes use of the early psychological theories of his time to show this father's personal weaknesses, subconscious mental cancers in his marriage, and obstacles to his fulfillment in his career as a soldier and scientist. These psychological afflictions...