Word: companion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...liberated by consciousness," Jaynes says, but the resulting loss of some god as a constant companion and adviser creates new dilemmas that modern man must face. "Without the gods to tell us what to do, problems of ethics and of identity" abound, Jaynes says. "Man hungers to get back the lost voices," and in modern society these primordial yearnings persist in churchgoing and the desire to serve...
EGERMAN'S COMPANION in marital misfortune is no better. Peter, like Knickerbocker, has too small a voice for her part, as well as considerable trouble reaching those elusive high notes. The proper balance of teasing innocence and charm which is Anne's trademark proves equally elusive for Peter. Her attempts at coyness and sorrow alike end up forced and grating...
Birth Revealed. To Steveland Morris, 26, blind Grammy Award-winning singer, lyricist and composer known as Stevie Wonder (For Once in My Life, Superstition); and Yolanda Simmons, his companion for four years; their second child, first boy; on April 16; in Manhattan. Name: Keita Sawandi...
...stereotypes. In everything but anatomy and dress, the women are men and the men are women. Out of that basic conceit flow-or, more precisely, meander-all jokes and situations. "Our premise is simple," explains Lear. "God created Eve first, took out her rib and gave her a companion so she wouldn't be lonely. This was Adam. I think the audience will be fascinated to watch the endless role playing and, more important, to discern the similarities in the needs, hopes and fears shared by all human beings, regardless of gender...
...Highness, you've got a good thing here," he says to Itelo, prince of the gentle Arnewi. But in a vainglorious attempt to rid the Arnewi of a plague of frogs, Henderson blows up their only reservoir. They cast him out of their mini-Eden along with his companion Romilayu, who had warned in vain: "Perhaps it better to guide no other than yourself...