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For most people, life is easier and more (36) than ever before. Convenience foods from the (37) simplify shopping and cooking. Household (38) like the vacuum cleaner and the washing (39) have taken the drudgery out of housework. Released from these (40) chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving (41) independence. Families, too, are simpler today. In America, it is not (42) for parents to live with their (43) children. With our greater mobility, (44) . after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their parents or their interests take them. Young adult women have new freedom, too. (45) . After college, they move to the city, find a job, and set up a ’bachelor’ apartment. This is the era of women’s liberation. (46) .