Word: daughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...legal because it did not involve a direct conflict-of-interest. Howe claims that the "John J. Howe" who is listed as the property's beneficiary is not himself, but his eight-year-old son, John Joseph Howe. (The "Kristen Howe" also listed on the deed is Howe's daughter..) Legally, there is no way to tell which John J. Howe is the true beneficiary...
However, the insistent ethical perspective of the young often reminds the pragmatist adult of the course his own conscience would have him take. When contemplating courses of action we parents often think, "Will I be able to explain this to my son or daughter?", as well as "Will I be comfortable with myself afterwards?". Realizing their consciences aren't as tempered by the necessities of everyday life, we incorporate their perspective in making our judgements...
Gershenkron is survived by his wife Erica, of Cambridge, and a daughter, Maria-Renate Davidoff of New Haven, Conn...
...story chronicles a family's trials and collapse, and the script is filled with heavy dialogue. The father, played by a stalwart but silent E.G. Marshall, severs ties with his compulsive interior decorator-wife (Geraldine Page), breaking up a family that never seemed to be very close. Two daughters--Joey (Mary Beth Hurt), the father's favorite, and Renata (Diane Keaton), the mother's protoge--display tension and jealousy even thicker than blood, as it were. A third daughter, in turn, has drawn away from the family, retaining only casual ties that shield her from real emotional involvement. Almost every...
...film. Allen emulates Bergman as a student would imitate the master of his craft. The effort, though somewhat over-wrought, like that of a too-careful student, succeeds. A talented cast, well-directed, saves the heavy screenplay from sinking into murky melodrama. Mary Beth Hurt, as the youngest daughter, the one with "all the anguish of an artistic personality without any of the talent," is especially good in her film debut. And Geraldine Page evokes the neurotic woman "too perfect to live in this world" with startling precision...