21.   No matter where he worked, Terri Giles said, her husband tried to get Sundays and Mondays off so he could watch football.

22.   None of these women seem to fit the old-fashioned, unopinionated First Lady concept into which their husbands are trying to squeeze them.

23.   One day after the wedding, Mrs. Blackwell said later, her husband tried to choke her.

24.   Patty Thornton was not surprised that her husband tried to warn others of danger.

25.   She is certain her husband did not try to end his life on the highway.

26.   The women talk for hours, even through the basketball games their husbands are trying to hear.

27.   This time, her husband has tried to burn down her home, with her still inside.

28.   This week, as Sarah attempted to sit up alone for the first time, my husband tried to capture it on video.

29.   When the grades go back up, my husband tries to take credit for it, but I know it was the hug that made the difference.

30.   When their husbands tried to make them vote for someone else, they could say they had made a holy oath and refuse.