Article December 2, 1991 ISSUE

POSITIVE PRESS

"Breaking Up Is Becoming Harder to Do"

The New York Times

"Therapists say many couples struggle harder and longer to stay together than they might have a few years ago. Poll takers find a greater value being placed on the idea of commitment and a happy marriage.

"'I think there is definitely a turning away from the acceptability of divorce and from minimizing the impact of divorce,' said Bickley Townsend, a vice president for the Roper Organization in New York, which polls people on social attitudes.

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