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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
what does this line mean?
"There was more than pleasure on the line."
The context are
"For decades doctors had been instructing women who did not wish to become pregnant to have sex only during their “safe periods.” Unfortunately for many women, until the 1930s most doctors believed the safe period came in the middle of the menstrual cycle; in fact, that’s the time when women are most likely to conceive. After scientists finally got it right, a Chicago family doctor named Leo J. Latz, a devout Roman Catholic, figured out how this information, combined with the pope’s recent declaration, offered men and women a shot at having guilt-free and baby-free sex at certain times of the month. Latz wrote an instruction manual that sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
>>>There was more than pleasure on the line. <<<
Women all over the world were desperate to control family size or better time the arrival of children—for the sake of their health and the welfare of their other children.
The context are
"For decades doctors had been instructing women who did not wish to become pregnant to have sex only during their “safe periods.” Unfortunately for many women, until the 1930s most doctors believed the safe period came in the middle of the menstrual cycle; in fact, that’s the time when women are most likely to conceive. After scientists finally got it right, a Chicago family doctor named Leo J. Latz, a devout Roman Catholic, figured out how this information, combined with the pope’s recent declaration, offered men and women a shot at having guilt-free and baby-free sex at certain times of the month. Latz wrote an instruction manual that sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
>>>There was more than pleasure on the line. <<<
Women all over the world were desperate to control family size or better time the arrival of children—for the sake of their health and the welfare of their other children.
Top answer
" Consider this simpler example. Tom ran into the burning building. He put his life on the line to save his baby from the fire.
- " Consider this simpler example.
- Tom ran into the burning building.
- He put his life on the line to save his baby from the fire.
- Clive
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"There was more than pleasure on the line."
"There was more than pleasure at stake."
Consider this simpler example.
Tom ran into the burning building. He put his life on the line to save his baby from the fire.
Clive
"There was more than pleasure at stake."
Consider this simpler example.
Tom ran into the burning building. He put his life on the line to save his baby from the fire.
Clive
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CliveTom ran into the burning building. He put his life on the line to save his baby from the fire.CliveThis reminds me of the old joke about the kid who had been told that "pregnant" meant "carrying a child." The sentence he wrote to illustrate this was "The fireman ran into the burning building and came out pregnant."
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