When he arrived in Washington and began living the congressional life, he put the instrument down, but only after his wife, the more sophisticated Pauline, beseeched him to, saying that fiddling was beneath a statesman's dignity.

CNN: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore'

Fearing also for his wife and young son, he put down his recorder and reporting pad and went into hiding.

WSJ: Censorship Inc.: Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies

His wife sat down in front of him and put her hands out to touch her husband and the cloth he was wearing.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

She told him to put her down and he kissed her and told her he needed her, and she said what he needed was his wife down the hall.

CNN: Hoster gives graphic testimony against top enlisted soldier