Word: beater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wife beater probably drinks, although, as Groetsch points out, "he drinks to beat, he doesn't beat because he drinks." Unemployment does not cause battering, but hard times make it worse. In Youngstown, Ohio, for example, where the unemployment rate in 1982 reached 21%, domestic violence increased a staggering 404% over...
Craig Norberg, a founder of the men's self-help group RAVEN (Rape and Violence End Now) in St. Louis, says the typical spouse beater is unable to cope with the traditional notion of masculinity. "Not maleness, but the traditional male role, which requires men to be stoic. It requires men to not need intimacy, to be in control, to be the 'big wheel,' and when there is a problem to 'give 'em hell.' The difficulty is that nine out of ten men fail at that list, at least in their own judgment...
...shake up statehouses. She was a Florida beach bunny who believed, Maas writes, that appearances were "what counted, for sure." She learned about skin-deep notions the hard way. Marie faked pregnancy to marry a handsome boxer; he turned out to be an alcoholic wife beater. Then her two-year-old son nearly died of a lung infection...
...dangers of scofflawry vary wildly. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly poses less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location. The fare beater on the subway presents less threat to life than the landlord who ignores fire safety statutes. The most immediately and measurably dangerous scofflawry, however, also happens to be the most visible. The culprit is the American driver, whose lawless activities today add up to a colossal public nuisance. The hazards range from routine double parking that jams city streets to the drunk...
Prepare the pudding with 1 1/2 cups of milk You don't need a rotary beater, just beat briskly with a fork. Chill (Pudding is not absolutely necessary for the recipe to work well, so only use it if you really like pudding...