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For more than three decades after its creation in 1913, the Fed was largely a handmaiden of the U.S.

These debates, especially if witnessed by younger women who haven't fully made up their minds about their political identities, help to instill a sense that being a handmaiden of patriarchy is cringeworthy.

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The deeper truth is this: education is not the handmaiden of politics — it is its lifeblood.

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Above all else, Trump is here to be the handmaiden for a whole new era of scamminess.

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Across the room, facing Helen, her handmaiden and Paris — and a despondent-looking dog — is Cassandra, who could see the future, along with Apollo, who had cursed her so her prophecies would not be believed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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