Word: divorcee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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For an Asian nation it was a surprising law, and in some respects reflected the alien Western influence of Roman Catholic teaching (she and Diem are Catholics, while about 75% of the people are Buddhist). From now on, any Vietnamese wife will be free to practice a profession, even it...
"The veterans produced explosions of creative effort," says James F. Mathias, a 79th Division infantryman commissioned on the battlefield in Normandy, who came back to screen Yale's returning G.I.s and now helps screen candidates for the Guggenheim Foundation's annual awards. "The new talents are obvious in...
Diet Supplement. In Brisbane, Australia, Constance Toerkel won a divorce after testifying that her husband had eaten all the meals she set before him with a gun across his lap.
A gathering of jewelers and curiosity seekers crowded into a San Francisco salesroom, relentlessly bid down a 105-piece collection of gems (estimated value: $250,000) to a paltry $50,000. Previous owner of the baubles: the late France., Heenan ("Peaches") Browning Willson, pudgy nymphet bride at 15 (in 1926...
Charging "extreme cruelty," Cinemactress Debbie Reynolds filed suit for divorce from Crooner Eddie Fisher after three years, two months of another Hollywood "ideal marriage," asked for "reasonable and substantial support and maintenance" and custody of the two little Fishers, Carrie, 2, and Todd, nine months. Hours later, Eddie shared champagne...