The "multitude of sins" designated by the title of Richard Ford's spindly new collection refers mainly to sins of adultery -- sins of infidelity and betrayal -- and to sins of narcissism and concupiscence.
Rather, the ban is rooted in conservative traditions and religious views that hold giving freedom of movement to women would make them vulnerable to sins.
Anti-Semitic, homophobic, social climbing, opportunistic, ridiculously snobbish and given to sins of phrase-making like "If blonde, use blue perfume," she was addicted to morphine and actively collaborated with the Germans during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
But it is still disgraceful that, seven years after the crisis, Deutsche can still be a hostage to sins committed in the mortgage-backed securities market of 2005-07.
Although there are no written laws that restrict women from driving, the prohibition is rooted in conservative traditions and religious views that hold that giving freedom of movement to women would make them vulnerable to sins.
He makes passing references to sins of the flesh, appropriately enough, since his flock has spent the previous night working as prostitutes on the "tranny stroll" near Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, where men go for quick sex with men who look like women.
