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Word: divorcee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Theoretically, covenant marriage is optional. But the law requires a prospective couple to select either the old, relatively easy-to-get-out-of form of wedded bliss or the new, no-way-out version, which is why our dreamy couple have barely touched their dessert. Who at such a moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TILL DEPOSITIONS DO US PART | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

Video-store owners in Helsinki may want to relegate all GEENA DAVIS' movies to the back shelves again. The quirky actress and her Finnish husband of four years, action-movie director RENNY HARLIN, have been separated since April, publicists for each say. While popular opinion holds that this is because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 23, 1997 | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

Cohen learned of Ralston's affair only last Monday from reporters who had heard of it from Ralston's former war-college classmates. His only discussions with Ralston on the matter have been over the phone (the general was on an official, week-long trip to central Asia). Ralston, 53...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADULTERATED STANDARDS | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

A generation is forged through common experience. The cohort described as "matures," born from 1909 to 1945, was shaped by the Depression and World War II. "Boomers," born from 1946 to 1964, grew up in affluence: economic progress was assumed, freeing them to focus on idealism and personal growth. Young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

If boomers once boasted of never trusting anyone over 30, Xers have even more cause for disillusion. Between 1965 and 1977, the divorce rate doubled. More than 40% of today's young adults had spent time in a single-parent home by age 16. Did the psychic toll produce latch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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