In my home country, it is normal when parents come to visit their kids; Moreover, they cook food for them and help with financial needs. ... In my country, when a woman is pregnant, her life is a dream, especially when it is a first baby. ... In my home country, when the baby is born, within the next 40 days only closest family members are allowed to see the baby. ... The wifes role is to be a mother, where the husband is "the head of the family". ... In Russia, it is a dishonor if the husband tries to help his wife serve dinner for guests. ...

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Rip could usually be found at the local inn, escaping his chores and duties given to him by his wife. ... The fact that Rip's wife had always nagged on him didn't make him sorry that he"d slept for as long as he did. ... The setting of the story is somewhere in New England while the country was yet the province of Great Britain. ... On the other hand, Rip's enslavement to his wife may symbolize the U.S.'... After Rip came back from the long sleep his wife had died and he was unchained from her control. ...

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Battering is also known as wife assault, spousal abuse, women abuse, and violence against women in relationships. ... Since ancient times, in all countries women have been frequently victims of violence in their own homes (Kakar 21). Wife abuse to an extent was the right of a husband. ... The rational for this law was that a wife was a man's possession, and he was responsible for her behavior. ... In the rules of marriage, by Friar Cherubino of Siena it states: When you see your wife commit an offense scold her sharply, bully and terrify her. ...

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The colors that represent this country and its people were acquired only through the courageous souls that came to this place with nothing and worked hard and overcame obstacles as well as the individuals that put their life second to the well being of the country and it's people. ... She found on and she soon found one that let her express herself and contribute what she was capable of doing to the country. ... This country showed the rest of the world that it could shine through the darkness of terrorism. ... This kind of courage shows that this country has citizens whose attitudes a...

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It was a high price they had paid in exchange for the precious freedom they had been denied in their native country of Vietnam. ... He tried the hardest to overcome obstacles to get a job to survive, and especially to be financially qualified to sponsor his wife and another daughter still remaining in Vietnam after he left. ... But later, he realizes that he was in a totally different country and could not do what he did before. ... After so many efforts, he had successfully brought his wife and oldest daughter to Santa Anna, California for a family reunion. ... However, he said, he had ne...

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Jurgis is sent to jail for attacking the boss of his wife for committing adultery with his wife. ... He finds his wife in labor and finally finds a mid-wife to deliver the baby. Again devastation happens when both his wife and baby die. ... He wanders the country sleeping where he can and eating whatever food he finds. ...

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At the age of fifty-eight, Steinbeck was brave because he refused to become a hindrance for his wife and a burden to society. ... Although I am not an American, I am beginning to realize the value of its culture, the vastness of the country's natural resources, and uniqueness of the American people. ...

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"The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea, retraces the horrifying journey of twenty-six immigrants who attempted to leave their country in the hopes of creating better lives for themselves in America. ... Every year, thousands of immigrants make leave their country and escape to America by way of the Devil's Highway - a massive, sun-scorched desert in southern Arizona. ... Making it the U.S. meant money to pay for his hard work, money to pay for beautiful things for his wife and new home. ...

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The Cold war era was a time of fear and the first time the Americans felt threatened by a country that matched our abilities and power. ... He realizes that the future of this country could be hindered by the infiltration of communist. ... In another scene Senator Jordan, father of Raymond's wife, has wings around his back. ...

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Where as, in many countries, it is still believed that men are strong and women are soft; so women still have hard times to get jobs. ... You cannot ask your wife to make money for you and you sit at home. It is ok that if both husband and wife work together and make money for their family; but still it is men's responsibility to handle the financial problems. ...

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The Defense of Marriage Act also creates a federal definition of "marriage" and "spouse" for the first time in our country's history. ... Congress as a "legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." Spouse is defined as "a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife." ...

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Another example of history repeating itself would be how discrimination has continued in this country. ... After the civil war and the civil rights movement, wee again would think that the trend of discrimination would finally stop in our country, however we are now faced with the major problem of how we, as Americans, group together people of Arab decent. ... Both began a long period of economic decline for our country as well. ... Such as the rumors of the many affairs with such famous people as King Nicomedes of Bithynia and Mucia, the wife of Pompey. ...

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They don't show how much of a struggle it was for people in this new country, the hardships they had to face, and the true lives that they had to live. ... Thomas Bell shows us in his book that America was not always a land of success and great riches, yet that people were often racist towards Slovaks and other people of other countries, and often got low wages for hard work. ... Dobrejcak had a wonderful family and a loving wife. ... We see America as a land of opportunity and success, and land where people wanted to come to in order to escape their old country in hopes of a new star...

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Our nation's past is often perceived as a glorious and monumental country. ... America has many untold and unforeseen flaws that show how this country's real reputation should be taught. ... She refused to allow Scott and his wife Harriet Robinson to buy their freedom for three hundred dollars. ... Dred Scott was purchased by his previous owner's sons and childhood friends, Peter Blow, and he and his wife were set free. ...

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A few changes that are very important include the different gender roles that women began taking on during World War II, the change in family values during and after the war, and the change in the mood of our country during that time period. ... In this movie a beautiful, blonde wife (Lana Turner) talks her lover into killing her husband. ... This movie was about a wife who is a suspected murderous, and covers up for her beautiful but bad daughter. ... These are all feelings the Americans had during the Depression when everything in the country did seem hopeless and disoriented. ...

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Minorities from all over the globe wishes to immigrate to North America hoping to find a better living situation, enhance education and ironically to live in a country where individual's mind and self are valued with no oppression and power struggles. ... One day, An-Mei's mother was invited by the second wife of a wealthy merchant named Wu Tsing to spend time at their house. ... Ann Mei's mother eventually gives birth to a baby boy, her son however, is taken away from her and given to the second wife of Wu Tsing. Ann-Mei's mother is once again oppressed by the power strugg...

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I think I am dating myself a little but a wife and mother staying home to take care of the house and the kids was not just common it was also expected and respected. ... My wife stays at home to take care of our home and our children. I have seen the look of disgust in people's eyes when I tell them that my wife is a housewife. ... I feel that our society has gotten too far away from the grounded values that used to make America a great country. ...

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The characterisation of Ashoke throughout the novel is also used by Lahiri to convey how a home is a reflection on one's identity the immigration into American experienced with his wife, Ashima. ... His character is used to portray this theme of the alienation faced when immigrating, but to contrast with those who find it difficult to assimilate into a new place, such as his wife. While his wife takes a long time to learn of the barrage of new customs, Ashoke adapts quickly and is inclined to travel and not actively homesick, 'Ashoke, accustomed to wearing tailor-made pants and shir...

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What would the people of the United States say about a woman being the President and running their country? ... She is also the wife of one time presidential candidate Bob Dole. ... In countries that have seen a woman president or prime minister, unless they came in after their husband or father was assassinated, the country has had far more women at the top, particularly in politics. The Nordic countries are a good example. ... (www.abcnews.go.com) With her answers being as straightforward as they are, it seems to me that she is for a woman running our country. ...

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First, having capital punishment has a bearing on the country's economy. ... For example, if a father gets murdered and leaves behind a wife and kids, the family will suffer for the rest of their lives. ... Once this happens the country will immediately see the results of how using capitol punishment will be for the good of our nation. ...

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America is the most diverse country in the world. ... Even when creating their own family, they often move to their wife's or husband's parents house. ... If someone wants to live in the USA, they would need to adapt the mentality of this country. ...

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""Comrade, I did not want to kill you Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony - "I will write your wife I will tell her everything I have told you. ... The same idea of a mass enemy and disregard for innocent individuals is what I am seeing in my country and others since the attack on America. ...

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Developing countries are working to create their own national poverty eradication strategies based on local needs and priorities. ... Their monopolization by any country, nation or group of persons would be unjust. ... I could not steal into my wife's heart until I decided to treat her differently than I used to do, and so I restored to her all her rights by dispossessing myself of all my so-called rights as her husband." ... We have female CEO's, senators, business owners, you name it, however, in many foreign countries this is not the case. There are still countries where woman ca...

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But the definition of the nuclear family in the 1950s went beyond the concept of the breadwinner husband and homemaker wife. ... Both husband and wife were expected to be much more in tune with each other and their children. ... The United States emerged from World War II as the most powerful country in the world only to have a constant enemy competing for power and domination "Russia. ...

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The cooking, cleaning, and washing all had to be done by someone, and if the wife did not do it herself, she was at least responsible for overseeing the work. The woman's sphere was in the home as the "angel of the house": "It is true that the inner life of home is for woman, and that the wife should reverence and obey her husband. ... The Awakening and some of Kate Chopin's short stories got negative reviews largely because of her frankness about sexual awareness and the desires for some female characters to gain independence and that In conclusion women still have no equal right...

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