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  1. Taras Coolidge
    Taras
    @Taras

     I think I understand why that young woman academic was offended when that elderly professor told her she would make somebody a good wife. 

    “Wife” tends to imply “helpmate”:  second banana to the star, sidekick to the superhero, squire to the knight errant.

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