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Word: fiats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hours after he was divorced by his third wife, Nancy ("Slim") Hayward, in Las Vegas, he married Pamela Churchill, 40, ex-wife of Sir Winston's fustian son, Randolph. Pamela, daughter of Baron Digby, had been reported friendly since her divorce from Randolph with a Rothschild, a Fiat executive and a U.S. TV oracle. Says a (female) friend: "She is a quiet, appealing temptress with a soft, lovely voice, who plays up enchantingly to men. She just can't help being a siren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Musical Pairs | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

...inmates are in for crimes involving violence-from robbery to rape and murder. Most of the rest are burglars, bad-check artists, or men caught up in the narcotics racket. Alcoholism is the commonest complicating factor, and a prison branch of A.A. offers help. By administrative fiat, but for no good psychiatric reason, all homosexuals rated as "effeminate" or "aggressive" are housed in a single cell block. These are among the least hopeful cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Psychiatry in Prison | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

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