Word: households
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Marilyn, 39, is made of sterner stuff than her playful, easygoing husband. Both her parents were doctors; she was the fourth of six children, brought up in a strict Christian household in Indianapolis. The Tuckers became followers of a conservative Fundamentalist preacher, "Colonel" Robert B. Thieme Jr., and Marilyn grew up listening to Thieme's tapes. She has dissociated herself from Thieme's more reactionary social teachings, but defends his biblical teachings...
...character of Julian Ramsay, narrator and groping intelligence of Incline Our Hearts. Born in London with the coming of World War II, he is orphaned by German bombs and sent to Norfolk to be raised by his Aunt Deirdre and Uncle Roy, a local vicar. Rounding out the rectory household is Felicity, a laconic and inaptly named teenage cousin, who leaves her room long enough to be impregnated and abandoned by Raphael Hunter, scholar-scoundrel and the novel's sinister presence...
...house. Unity sells Home Managers that can be geared to any climate or life-style, whether it means melting the snow off the porches of Connecticut mansions or heating hot tubs in California villas. Gail and Drew Arvay of Cupertino, Calif., rely on a Unity system to run their household while they pursue dual careers. Both of their school-age children and all their regular service people have been issued special pass codes that unlock the doors, as the computer records to the minute everybody's comings and goings. Even the Arvays' two-year-old niece Jennifer is served...
...solved a minor Bikkembergs dilemma -- how to get his moniker to move trippingly off the American tongue -- by referring to the designer as "the Dirker," as if he were some arcane medieval instrument used for storming castles. A native of Germany, Bikkembergs grew up in a strict, financially comfortable household. During his teenage years, he moved to Antwerp and became one of the leading designers in the city's gutsy fashion circle. Bikkembergs has some pretty strong ideas about his impact. "So far," he says, "I have made no money at all. But in four years, the world will...
...only way Bob Brigham used to know that George Bush was in town was when his daughter would return from Bradbury Brothers Market and announce, "The Filipinos are here." This meant that the Vice President's household staff was preparing for his arrival. Things change. "Now it looks like a damned convention for the hearing impaired," observes Brigham, a local real estate agent, about the swarm of Secret Service men sporting earphones when Bush is in Kennebunkport...