“Sometimes electricity provides unexpected benefits. In a remote village in China's Fujian province in which young men have traditionally had a hard time finding wives, the arrival of electricity has attracted more brides” MenSometimesHardYoungWifeBenefitsFindingsChinaYoung ManHard TimesUnexpectedVillageElectricityBridesProvincesArrivals Author:Christopher Flavin
“Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.” BelieveCountryWholeLawNationsCitiesPracticeWifeConsequenceEuropeConnectionsTownsVillageFearfulForbiddenAdulteryPolygamyUnlawfulCity And Country Author:Orson Pratt
“When Im in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.” SometimesKidsNaturalWatchesWifeCarFootballTownsMy WifeEastBarsSundayVillageInclinationEnglish FootballMy Wife And KidsEast Village Author:Joe Scarborough
“I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office.” WifeOfficeWestMy WifeProducersFilmmakerParksVillageEnd TimesDocumentariesSpend TimeTuxedos Author:Howard Shore
“War is a monster with snaky locks, and fiery bloodshot eyes, and harpy claws, passing over fair fields and leaving its footprints in burning villages, dying men, weeping wives and children, and needs to be seen by those who so eagerly clamour for it at every opportunity. The sight of that fearful phantom, girt round with skulls, chains reeking with blood and desolation and ruin in its track, would stop their eagerness for it, unless under real compulsion.” MenNeedsChildrenWarRealEyeOpportunityWifeBloodDyingFieldsFairsSightLeavingRoundsTrackMonstersPassingPassingsRuinsChainsBurningVillageFearfulLocksCompulsionWeepingSkullsPhantomsFootprintFieryClawsDesolationEagernessClamourHarpiesBloodshot Eyes Author:Moncure D. Conway
“It's not a secret family like I have a beautiful, gorgeous wife in Tokyo; I have another mom and dad. I'm the kid and I have another mom and dad in Atwater Village, Los Angeles.” KidsBeautifulSecretWifeMomDadLos AngelesVillageGorgeousMom And DadTokyo Author:John Hodgman