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  2. Entertaining Mr Sloane - Wikipedia

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    Getting acquainted with Mr Sloane, Kath is open about a previous relationship she had which led to her bearing a child; her brother insisted that she give it up for adoption because it was conceived out of wedlock. Mr Sloane reveals he is himself an orphan, though vague about his parents' death, except that they "passed away together".

  3. Stanley v. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the fathers of children born out of wedlock had a fundamental right to their children. Until the ruling, when the mother of a child born out of wedlock was unable to care for the child, through death or other circumstances, the ...

  4. Kai T. Erikson - Wikipedia

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    The book notes the deviation from the City upon a Hill ideal set by John Winthrop. H. Lawrence Ross described the book as "fascinating and superbly written". The sociological premise explored is from Émile Durkheim: "a function of deviance is to define the normative boundaries of the group." He notes that it is "a remarkable exception to the ...

  5. Casti connubii - Wikipedia

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    Casti connubii (Latin: "of chaste wedlock") [1] is a papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930 in response to the Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion. It stressed the sanctity of marriage , prohibited Catholics from using any form of artificial birth control , and reaffirmed the prohibition on abortion .

  6. A. S. Byatt - Wikipedia

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    [2] [7] [10] She spoke of her son's death and its influence on her lecturing and subsequent career after publishing The Children's Book, in which the image of a dead child features. [2] [7] She came to regard her academic career symbolically. [2] She later wrote the poem "Dead Boys". [7] The marriage was dissolved in 1969.

  7. Son Who Held Parents' Alleged Murderer at Gunpoint ... - AOL

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    A son who held his parent's alleged murderer at gunpoint is opening up about his final moments with his mother and father. T.D. Gribble recalled how he embraced his mom Paula, 76, and kissed the ...

  8. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Wikipedia

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    Cussy Mary is relieved to be free of the burden of wedlock to this distasteful man, returns home to her "holler", and rededicates herself to her work. A new patron on her route, Jackson Lovett, piques her romantic and intellectual interest, but she also soon realizes that a relative of Charlie's, an evangelical preacher named Vester Frazier, is ...

  9. Midnight Cowboy (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The book recounts the events of his life that lead up to this point. Born out of wedlock, Joe is abandoned by his mother at the age of 7. He is raised in Albuquerque by his grandmother, Sally Buck, a flirty blonde hairdresser who takes care of his needs but emotionally neglects him in favor of an endless string of boyfriends. One of those ...