21.   Briscoe said his wife worked in his office without pay, typing letters to constituents and writing news reports for newspapers in the district.

22.   But his wife still works to foster increased contacts and greater understanding.

23.   For a time, McCallum even took a leave of absence from his job to care for his first child while his wife worked.

24.   For the first years of their marriage, he claims, he had no idea his wife worked with cadavers.

25.   Franzos opened a bakery on Grand Street in Williamsburg, while his wife worked as a seamstress in a sweater factory, they said.

26.   He only recused himself when, a short time later, a separate issue arose over the fact that his wife had once worked for Gulf Oil.

27.   He took a temporary job at the college where his wife works.

28.   His wife also works at a GM assembly plant in Matamoros, and by pooling salaries, the couple has managed to rise slightly above subsistence.

29.   His wife works in a local bank.

30.   His wives worked, too, raising their families in separate households.