2024年5月17日 星期五

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Alito and Menendez Employ an Old Political Tactic: Blaming Your Spouse

When Justice Samuel Alito and Senator Bob Menendez landed in hot water, they looked for a scapegoat close to home. Inside their homes, in fact.



Anyone found to have multiple spouses in the US state face up to five years in prison, but now that may change.


BBC.COM

Utah Senate supports bill decriminalising polygamy



Brazilians in China: Footloose capitalism China's Brazilian community enjoys the benefits of globalisation
LET’S say you and your spouse haven’t had sex in so long that you can’t remember the last time you did. Not the day. Not the month. Maybe not even the season. Would you look for gratification elsewhere? Would you file for divorce? Or would you turn to your mate and say, “Honey, you know, I’ve been thinking. Why don’t we do it for the next 365 days in a row?”

PBS NewsHour
" Your former wife can, indeed, file just for her divorced spousal benefit (equal to half of your full retirement benefit) when she reaches age 66," advises Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff.

Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions.
PBS.ORG



bigamist
noun C ]
UK 
  /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/ US 
  /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mɪst/
someone who marries a person while already legally married to someone else:
He was accused of being a bigamist.
The marriage is not valid if one spouse is a bigamist.

In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another.Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other.


 bigamy

noun [U]

  UK   /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mi/  US   /ˈbɪɡ.ə.mi/

the ​crime of ​marrying a ​person while already ​legally ​married to someone ​else:In ​court, he ​admitted that he had committed bigamy.

in a row
one after another without a break:
She's been voted Best Actress three years in a row.

WordNet: gratification
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: state of being gratified; great satisfaction
Synonym: satisfaction
Meaning #2: the act or an instance of satisfying


WordNet: footloose
Meaning #1: free to go or do as one pleases
Thesaurus: footloose
adjective
    Without a spouse: fancy-free, lone, single, sole, spouseless, unattached, unmarried, unwed. Idioms: footloose and fancy-free. Seemarriage/unmarried.

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