Word: confessional
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Dimbleby persisted: "Were you faithful and honorable to your wife when you took on the vow of marriage?" "Yes," Charles answered, then paused before adding, "until it became irretrievably broken down." There it was: the confession. Charles, the Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne, was by his...
But as the week went on and the scrutiny mounted, Simpson grew more and more despondent. The circus parked outside his house in Brentwood Park, a glossy enclave in West Los Angeles where police are always nestled anyway to protect Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, D.A. Gil Garcetti and several...
Mr. Simmons' statement in no way captures the anguish of the long list of claimants in the class actions who found their losses not suitable to their investment need. But it's notable for its use of the word wrong, which comes perilously close to the confession Prudential sidestepped with...
Prudential has spent $20 million to escape its past, and all it's doing is reminding people of it. Perhaps if Prudential had been able to make a full confession in the first place, it would have been better able to put these matters behind it. But the legal system...
The skid marks left by dozens of previous books, movies and teleplays show the terrain: innocent children imperiled by drunken carelessness; a steadfast spouse trying to understand and cope; an alarming incident that brings the victim to the edge of self-destruction -- and self-awareness; the decision to seek professional...