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'Wifely' and remained that way for the rest of the weekend.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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And then, around page 80, the woman moves (without transition) from "Wifely Conversation" to "Upholstery Basics".
Projects You Shouldn’t Try To DIY | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Wifely devotion, however, was not simply a wartime duty.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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Today I got an e-mail from one of my contributing writers, Deb Richards, who had some constructive comments on my "Wifely Insurrection" column.
Light Crossing... and Writerly Advice Heidi Hess Saxton 2008
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Toni presents Solace among books posted at Wifely Steps.
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And then, around page 80, the woman moves without transition from "Wifely Conversation" to "Upholstery Basics".
Projects You Shouldn’t Try To DIY | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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As for why conservative women cite their husbands as an infallible source, it probably has to do with that whole "Wifely Submission" crap.
We're done here. LuLu 2008
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In fact, he actually drew up a bizarre four-page marriage document -- a "Contract of Wifely Expectations" -- that sought to establish guidelines for his spouse in terms of hygiene, clothing, and sexual activities.
RIAA Does It Again archmage 2006
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Consequently, just as Mozart's "Don Giovanni" became the playground of the Italian prima donna, so has "Fidelio" become the playground of that terrible apparition, the Wifely Woman Artist, the singer with no voice, nor beauty, nor manners, but with a high character for correct morality, and a pressure of sentimentality that would move a traction-engine.
Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians John F. Runciman 1891
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Of course she may have been an abnormal combination of the Wifely Woman with the heroic woman; but one cannot help thinking that probably she was not -- that however strong her affection for Florestan, she would no sooner get him home than she would ask him how he came to be such a fool as to get into Pizarro's clutches.
Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians John F. Runciman 1891
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