Word: spousal
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Reeling from controversy surrounding allegations of spousal abuse, Blumenthal and his wife brought a $30 million defamation suit against Drudge and Drudge's Internet content provider, America OnLine...
...California. Judge Paul Friedman didn't rule on that one immediately, but some of his other pronouncements were less than hopeful for the defense: "Public figures," he said, "have the right not to be defamed." Strike one for Drudge, who falsely alleged last August that Blumenthal was involved in "spousal abuse...
...having "a violent temper" that induced profanity-strewn tirades against her and the children. Meanwhile, Dr. Lewinsky charged Lewis with running up his credit-card bills in anticipation of the divorce. The settlement downsized the family's life-style; Bernard Lewinsky, who paid $6,000 a month in spousal and child support after the settlement, now lives in a one-story stucco house. It is worth $700,000, but it lies in a modest section of Brentwood, a few blocks from Nicole Brown Simpson's house...
...Promise Keepers, one would think that the Promise Keepers directly advocate husbands' abuse of their wives. Being neither Christian nor conservative, I do not fundamentally support any of the objectives of the Promise Keepers. Yet, Hennessy-Fiske acts irresponsibly in equating the aims of this group with spousal abuse. In distorting the views of the Promise Keepers, she actually trivializes the discussion of what should be done to prevent the abuse of women. --Michael Cohen...
...combat spousal abuse when, for example, a man grows frustrated by his nagging wife and decides to beat her for being the bread-winner...