Word: divorcee
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And now an equally intimate record of Packwood's life is drawing scrutiny: his divorce papers. The papers, combined with his diaries, address the suggestion that he illegally used his position to get his ex-wife Georgie a job in order to save himself hefty alimony payments.
The Packwoods' divorce papers shed light on the Senator's discussions about his wife's employment. The records, filed with the circuit court in the Multnomah County courthouse in Oregon, show that while Georgie did not want the marriage to end, she could not, under state law, contest her husband...
In the year between the Packwoods' separation and their divorce trial, Georgie received job offers from four of the Senator's friends. "I had not asked any of these people for a job," Georgie told the Washington Post last week. Those offers came from two Washington lobbyists, each of whom...
During the divorce trial, Packwood testified that he had no hand in any of the job offers. "In all these cases, they made the initial approach to Georgie or they asked me if it would be O.K. if they approached Georgie," he said. "I didn't initiate the calls myself...
Southern California can be seen as a huge fire trap. If it were a building, it would fail inspection. Every year for five months virtually no rain falls. And every year from mid-September to November the weather system overhead jerks into reverse -- instead of blowing from the Pacific landward...