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The strong: back-weak-mind jobs are wa back there with horse tu your Ts. yert should realize that they mus elther pay now for bette. . education or a lot mor tates for tise ts of crime. 1 Inspire the” MNon-performer - R Redouble. - . “ rr Stocerely; Still Kicking in est: cere vs. Orlando : TLagree wholeheartedly with ‘your analysis. . - . Live by commitments Two yearseago I met a ed man and knew I wanted lim more that” any- thing in the world. His mar- riage was a disaster and if it weren’t for the children he . would have left her long. age. When he finally asked le for a diveree, she sald, “Okay, . butit will cost you plenty.” I would love to have a baby but I can't take the time ott . frond work. We live in a Gin apartment while his ex-wife is. still doing all the she: did before — trips,.a maid in the house, ve clothes, - Albmony is the biggest rack- et going on. Please,.Ann, tell “ me why it has become a ‘way of life for so many women. — Ym Yelling Foul - You can yell. all you want, .- but alimony is the high cost of leaving. When a woman marries a divorced man she _ Marries his responsibilities... You said you wanted: him- more than anything in the - world, Well — you've got him now, §6°ddn't ‘complain. The err wi 2 who . burgh sai law favors those who are legal- . . ly married; not illicit lovers. — - ~ Can't say yes - This will be a different kind : of problem.-It's about a young woman who can't say “yes.” My husband's niece |s stay- ing with us while job-hunting. She is 23 years oli, a college Eraduate, darling-looking and very sweet. The problem is an var-grating speech habit. '- When hear her on the phone, - ft drives me crazy, Here's her end of the conversation: “Yeh ~ . Vert oe, 7 * . [.really: love the: girl. and ‘want to help her. please. — High Point..." . ‘+ -Your niece is probably una: ware of her slovenly -habit. Unless someone polnts it "gut, she'll never correct it. ‘= If she's bright she will ap- : preciate your interest and’ earn to say yes —-at the | ' appropriate time, 1 trust. . I ama. 17-year-old ‘college . ranirette good. My. rads are pretty: g ut some-- times I am lazy and have trou- ble getting it together. - - .-My_ Engl last Wednesday and I didn’ “have it. The professor (a man . in his early 40s) asked me to stay after class and explain why I was derelict. We went to —- his office to talk privately. I told him the truth — that I hed welling to work He sald, nnd get Oo wor le a “°° "You, young lady, are undisci- pillnedt* I The next. ‘~ “thing EF knew, +. -tumed me over his knee’ 7" feet my voice, He slapped .. lost my voice, He slapped my _ ‘behind about two dozen times and said, “Your father should * have done this years ago.” oe : I was furious and “threat- . er 21, and laws againat 7 ools do not apply to . and unlverst pry versities, -. charge him with assault? — =": : - Sti Smarting = -He ig-in-error gn all counts; a ee -according: to my. congultant, = Joseph Houston, vice-president ~ " mént at Millikin Univeralty, In’. Decatur oe re | “Houston seld,."The ‘profess. °- soi’s behavior'was-totally inap- gel or otherwise, to put his ~~ stig on thal sludent,.She® : the of the department or. hea wget on the ao the school at ance... - - _ oe What's -mofe, ‘the young”. — woman has. grounds, If she chooses, to sue the professor _ . forassault.” - | wt . PS. Me thinks the prof has a kiinker In his thinker. -: . Matter of comfort - Lama male who would Hke’ - to know the reson women “ve and die In pants, slacks, knickers, cte. ln other words, why in the world don't - they wear skirts anymore? « iu . ere Is no than a beautiful © ; and answer my question -— | i MC. Who Ts A Laker, No¥ A vc Phayer Soo ee - cause they are more comfort: j ~ ablé than skirts. What’s-more my. deep. bout the . -- siirts: call for girdles ‘and: crime rate and the... about the A hint, _ . = Penne lish.paper was due ital ” he grabbed me, ~~ "0° ed me. I-was 80 shocked To . bic = mote ae 4 fe up those dumnmates ‘pants; jeans and slacks is ‘be ‘nylons which’ Gan: be'a. nul: ‘sance, ag Well as an expense. If... ~ . there's a. run‘in: astecking. | -., - under one’s slacks, nobody. ~ - ‘Another reason Is freedom. of movement. A woman in trousers can sit any old way, climb a ladder or bend ever . without wondering what the . view is like on aclear day... The third reason is straight out of your ‘etter — the words’ =. “beautiful legs.” Most women's legs are Nv beautiful. They are bowed, too skinny ar. too heavy. Slacks are a superb’ cover. ‘ . oot Thanks for asking a question that will make life easier for’ women ‘who havé been under . fire for this “offence” for the - past 20 years. Can you stand another letter who didn't on? : va the two strongest nations the world, the United States and Russia, don't to put a freexe on nuclear wea) -¢ HE thereess. You are more than an thelovelorn § colum- Ann Landers. You mold pub 9 m, People believe no you, For the of man. kind and fits survival, please ourself to kasue, —_ od : saa es a ‘a sul plaguing us‘all. Dr. James E. Muller of the Harvard Medical Schoo! said, “The horrot of nuclear war is 50 great that man oplé choose to deny it exist PeOP “An all-out attack on the ' United. States could kill as -Many as 150 million. Ameri- cans, Their immune systems, weakened Sy radiation, would. *. succumb to fatal diseases. At- least 80 percent of the doctors ~ would be Incinerated.” | ; As the Rev. Theodore ‘Hes- -<:+- at a UCLA’ peace rally, “The living ‘would envy thedead.” SO The New Repubtic pointed . out in a recent editorial that . the global arms budget for all countries is now $550 billion a .. year, About$100 billion 1s ear- marked for nuclear: weapons When one considers that $5 billion,equals the entire annual ‘income of the. poorer half of ~the earth's four billion people, t TNT. (This-is 12.5 kllotons)-~ ‘not messured in kilotona, but.) . In-megatons. The yleld would? 7 - pe Sqaivatent to approximate - iy ... decision, ‘made it abundantly clear that loving mother . a8 you do would rather: not admitit. : Peeve ins sare cutting ar The newest nuclear:.bomb i million” one-ton_ trucks _ - filed with TNT. ° ~ The Poseldon submarine - _ carries 16 missiles, each with 10° warheads. Each .warhead -has three times the explosive 7 ' foreeaf that single bombdrop- | ped on Hiro. a.Wecana- .- ready kill eve} Russian seven tlmes. Now we are trying to build our arms supply so: we can kill each Russian 14 times. - The United States and‘ other. major” powers are- spending . themselves broke on a war we dare not let happen. Jonathan Schnell wrote in The New Yorker, “The ma- chinery of destruction is.in place, poised on a-halr-trigger, . waiting for the button .to-be ; pushed by some misguided ‘or ~- deranged human, or for some - faulty computer: chip-to send _ out the instructions tofire.” I implore every person to sign his er her name across this column and mall it to |. |: President’ Ronald Reagan, the ' White House, Washington, D.C. - An overwhelming. response — mighl preveft a nuclear. holo- caust that would mean the end - of all life on this planet. Do it . TODAY. Nothing“on. your calendar can. be tore. impor- ant. : Dear Ann Landers: I must respond to that. woman who listed. the reasons couples should. have children. She implled that those who do not. are materialistic and selfish. My husband and have been 4: married 10 years. We decided, against having. a family be - cause we don’t honestly believe —' ’ we would be good parents, We spent months’ soul-searchin and discussing the pros and- ' cons, A great many prayers ‘ and yes, tears,.went into that, - - Having children does-not automatically make people loving parents, Nor does it ele- vate a person to sainthood. - Parenthood should be .a-privi- — lege, not a duty. Responding to the plea, “Make us grandpar- -ents,” is one of the poorest rea-. song I know of to bririg a child - into the world. Please tell Hg) ys), second géveration to cool It, — a Un-Maternal And Unashamed” ~ Dear Un: Your letter has . ide every woman Is not i get out. The same can be said of men and fatherhood. . ‘Thanks for having the courage to support an unpopular point 4 ‘af view. Most couples whe feel HEATHCLIFF. say” panes Titan . Zoi ehee eg Tea ne “should ‘have repurted_him ‘to... ” os ae ja nL is, 5 fi i; on Ay pt 2 Uni veren Pras “(don’t care who. you are! hat off in this restaurant.” ‘Take-your a ; __> SeqlN-RESPONGE, THE WHFNESS REPLIED, | ~~» “ROWRR, SPIT, RIP, SHRED. REND’.