Word: divorcee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hilly Bosscher endured 25 years of repeated beatings by an alcoholic husband before the marriage ended in divorce. One of her two sons committed suicide at 20; the other died of lung cancer at the same age. When the 50-year-old former social worker from the Dutch town of...
After Dana decided to leave Ted in May, she used all the legal weapons at her disposal to protect herself. She got a restraining order, filed for a divorce and found a new place to live. But none of that gave her a new life. Ted phoned repeatedly and stalked...
Disturbingly, the very pieces of paper designed to protect women -- divorce decrees, arrest warrants, court orders of protection -- are often read by enraged men as a license to kill. "A restraining order is a way of getting killed faster," warns Dietz. "Someone who is truly dangerous will see this as...
Since Karol was potent before they were married and is capable of performing after the divorce, the director Kieslowski is definitely trying to say something about marriage. He is using marriage as a forum for exercising power and revenge. This is one of the many unique characteristics of the story...
In Minnesota it's more like a divorce. With polls showing him favored by Republican voters 3 to 1 over Quist, Carlson will challenge the Republican nominee in a primary battle this September. If the Quist forces prevail, he warns, voters will flee to the Democrats. "The Republican legislative caucus...