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Review: ‘Labyrinths,’ Emma and Carl Jung’s Complex Marriage
Catrine Clay’s book explores Carl Jung’s tortured soul, his wife’s challenging discoveries and their role in the early years of psychoanalysis. By Jennifer Senior.
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To Avenge Her Husband’s Murder This Woman Bought a Tank and Killed Nazis
Sergeant Mariya Oktyabrskaya became one of the Soviet Army’s most notorious tank drivers after her husband was killed by Nazis. By Taylor Prewitt.
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The Private Heisenberg and the Absent Bomb
When they were separated by Heisenberg’s scientific travels or the war itself, Elisabeth and Werner exchanged more than three hundred letters that survived the fighting. Both later wrote accounts of the war years, but their letters, filled with the worries and hopes of ordinary family life, offer a quieter, more intimate picture of the years when Heisenberg ran the program that was going nowhere. Husband and wife both knew that the German secret police were free to open and read their letters at will, and tried to avoid dangerous ground. By Thomas Powers.
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The widowhood effect: What it’s like to lose a loved one so young
When her husband died at 36, Christina Frangou was a statistical outlier, a young widow. She soon discovered that there was a name for the phenomenon surrounding her devastating grief and the toll it takes on those left behind.
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Pakistani man exchanges daughter, 13, for a second wife
Mohammad Ramzan is deaf and mute and has a childlike mind. But he knew his wife, Saima, was too young when she was given to him as a bride. The 36-year-old uses his fingers to count out her age when they married. When he reaches 13, he stops and looks at her, points and nods several times. The girl’s father, Wazir Ahmed, says she was 14, not 13, but her age was beside the point. It mattered only that she had reached puberty when he arranged her marriage as an exchange...
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Germany takes harder look at child marriages
It’s just a bus stop in a city in northern Germany.
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Trump’s treatment of Melania on Inauguration Day was abhorrent
Two images this weekend speak volumes about Donald Trump. He basically ignored his wife Melania. By John Aravosis.
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Oklahoma lawmaker proposes bill to do away with ‘incompatibility’ criteria for certain couples seeking a divorce
When a couple decides to get a divorce, it can be an emotional and difficult experience for both parties. Last year, Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill that makes divorce more expensive for Oklahoma couples. Now, an Oklahoma lawmaker wants to make the process a little harder for certain couples. House Bill 1277, which was introduced by Rep. Travis Dunlap, would change the grounds for a divorce.
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Slovenia allows same-sex marriage
Slovenia permitted same-sex marriage for the first time on Friday, with a law coming into effect that gives gay couples largely the same rights as heterosexuals, but bars them from jointly adopting children, Reuters reported. At least one same-sex couple will get married in Slovenia on Saturday, the first day the ceremonies can be held, the news site Žurnal24 reported.
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FACTBOX-State of same-sex marriage around the world
A look at same-sex marriage around the world
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How Jane Carlyle survived a miserable marriage
By satirising it in long, amusing letters, written to be circulated among her friends, according to Kathy Chamberlain. By Frances Wilson.
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President Trump After Hours
Watching TV with the President the night before he fired James Comey. By Michael Scherer, Zeke J. Miller.
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Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage
The decision paves the way for Taiwan to become the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriages.
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One in six newly married Americans has spouse of different race or ethnicity
In the nearly half century since the landmark Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia made it possible for couples of different races and ethnicities to marry, such unions have increased fivefold among newlyweds, according to a new report.
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Couples divorcing after a short marriage 'may no longer have their assets split equally'
Couples who divorce after only a brief marriage can no longer expect to have their assets split equally by default following an appeal court ruling. Energy trader Julie Sharp, 44, successfully challenged a ruling that her former husband was entitled to half of the fortune she built up during their four year marriage.
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China’s Mistress-Dispellers
How the economic boom and deep gender inequality have created a new industry. By Jiayang Fan.
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Growing acceptance of interracial marriage in US
In 2017, 39 percent of Americans said interracial marriage was a good thing for society, up from 24 percent in 2010.
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I Will Possess Your Heart
Death Cab for Cutie
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Watch: Marriage Equality Act approved with Edwin Vassallo voting against
Parliament this evening approved the introduction of gay marriage through the new Marriage Equality Act with Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo voting against. Malta became the 15th EU state to introduce same-sex marriage, just six years after the introduction of divorce.
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Why three isn't a crowd: Meet the trio who 'married' each other
Three men from Colombia speak to BBC World Service about life as a polyamorous throuple, after having their romantic union officially recognised.
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