Word: devies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bride's in-laws, who by tradition would have been required to care for her the rest of her life, had pressured her into the act. Kanwar's father, saying he believed that she acted under "divine orders," took consolation from the fact that his daughter had become a devi (goddess). A shrine commemorating the widow will be built at the suttee site. More than $160,000 has already been contributed by devotees...
...little more difficult. The Gladneys are a parody of relationships resulting from multiple divorce. Stepchildren, half brothers and half sisters drift in and out of the household. One former wife is abroad with the CIA; another runs the business end of an ashram under the name Mother Devi. Talk is plentiful, but communication is illusive. "There must be something in family life that generates factual error," muses Jack. "Overcloseness, the noise and heat of being. Perhaps something even deeper, like the need to survive...
Under tight security, the King and his wife, Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, arrived at the center at about 7:20 p.m. At about 8 p.m. the monarchs attended a photo session screened by the Harvard Marshel's office...
...visit is the fourth stop on an eight-city tour for Birendra and Nepal's queen, Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah. The royal couple will also meet President Reagan and other government officials in Washington, tour Epcot Center in Orlando, attend a Cowboy-Redskins game in Dallas, and visit Mayor Andrew Young in Atlanta...
...Madhya Pradesh, robbing wayfarers as did highwaymen of old. Villagers admire them, movies glorify their exploits. For eight centuries, India's dacoits (dakoo is the Hindi word for bandit) have been the buccaneering heroes of pulp-magazine adventures. But none is more compelling than the tale of Phoolan Devi, 27. Over the past four years she has become her country's most notorious dacoit. Once pursued by 2,000 police, she has been charged with 70 cases of banditry and is suspected of some 50 murders. Fanciful speculation convicts her of still more. "For every man this girl...