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...news comes from a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, in which physicians at Johns Hopkins described a group of 18 mostly older women and one man who developed serious heart problems after experiencing a sudden emotional shock, such as the death of a loved one, or, in the case of one 60-year-old woman, a surprise birthday party...
...torn: teaching chemistry to wealthy kids forced her to temper her passion for social activism. "I was always interested in social-justice and poverty issues," explains Barratt. "But I was working so hard." Then in 1993, with her children grown, Barratt remarried, retired from teaching and moved to England. "All of a sudden," she says, "I was able to do all these things that I've always wanted...
...Testament injunction that if a man slept with his wife's mother, all three should be burned alive. The new legislation will also permit women to marry ex-fathers-in-law. It's not clear how many Scots want to pursue such unions; the ban remains in force in England and Wales...
News of the impending nuptials of Charles and Camilla pales next to the scandalous announcement in 1936 that England's King Edward VIII would abdicate to marry soon-to-be-divorced American WALLIS WARFIELD SIMPSON, TIME's 1936 Woman of the Year...
...directorial versatility by offering up a classic tale from Western culture, but tinting it with a distinctly Eastern lens. As the title suggests, the movie is an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice, but instead of taking place in the pastoral setting of 18th century England, the camera takes us through modern-day India, London, Los Angeles, and back again with the fantastical themes of Bollywood following throughout...