But two decades after TV's Murphy Brown caused a public furor by having a child without a husband around, many people still draw the line when it comes to single motherhood.

当初美国经典喜剧《墨菲布朗》讲述了女主人公墨菲·布朗（Murphy Brown）没有丈夫却独自抚养孩子的事情，一时引起美国社会轰动，如今20年过去了，但在提及单身妈妈时，大多数美国人仍然拒不容忍。

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Evan Spiegel, Robert "Bobby" Murphy, and Frank Reginald "Reggie" Brown iv meet at Stanford University around 2010.

埃文·斯皮格尔、罗伯特·“鲍比”·墨菲和弗兰克·雷金纳德·“雷吉”·布朗四世2010年左右在斯坦福大学相识。

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Spiegel (who didn't graduate) studied product design, Murphy studied mathematical and computational science, and Brown studied English.

斯皮格尔(当时没毕业)学的是产品设计，墨菲学的数学和计算机科学，布朗专业是英语。

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I'm proud to say that I'm still here fighting for the American family, and Murphy Brown is gone.

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Ms. SAMUELS: Well, we have baby mama drama with Eddie Murphy and Melanie Brown, Spice Girls - from the Spice Girls, Scary Spice, and then we also have Puffy, P.

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