hand that rocks the cradle
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As Desmond Tutu put it in an interview from the film, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”
From Newsweek • Sep. 24, 2012
Through the years, though, more and more women have be come oriented to voting, and with each election the hand that rocks the cradle pulls more and more voting levers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hand that rocks the cradle -- and cradles the phone, and sweeps the floor, and writes the memo and meets the deadline -- doesn't have time to reach out and save the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hand that rocks the cradle in the U.S. is getting younger.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Dahomey the hand that rocks the cradle does not bother about ruling the world.
From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)
