Word: heiresses
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...Manhattan courtroom, right next door to the Woody Allen-vs.-Mia Farrow soap opera, Ivan Boesky, 56, out of prison but exiled from Wall Street, began his latest takeover attempt. He is demanding nearly $50 million in alimony from his former wife, Seema Boesky, 50ish, a wealthy heiress in her own right. He claims that he made her "rich beyond her imagination," and that even though some of these riches resulted from his own illegal activities, he still deserves half of them...
...many blacks and other minorities can be found working in jobs that don't come with a uniform. Though George Bush signed a landmark disabled- rights law, Clinton and Gore have disabled people on their staffs. Visitors to the Bush White House were typically greeted by a perfectly accessorized heiress who escorted guests to the aide (always male) they wished to see. Now, more typically, a geeky-looking 23-year-old male wearing two beepers escorts visitors to see the woman with whom they have an appointment...
Among the luminaries charged were Martin Revson, co-founder of the Revlon cosmetics empire, and Edward Downe Jr., a former director of the investment bank Bear Stearns and husband of auto heiress Charlotte Ford. The SEC claims Downe used his position at the Wall Street firm to cull confidential information on companies and then used it to earn profits of $3.3 million in stock trades. Revson allegedly netted $1.7 million from improper tips he received from Downe. Others charged by the SEC are Steven Greenberg, a former public relations executive, who allegedly pocketed $550,000 in illicit profits; Thomas Warde...
...raped suffered the same fate as an adulteress -- death by stoning or drowning. Under William the Conqueror, the penalty for raping a virgin was castration and loss of both eyes -- unless the violated woman agreed to marry her attacker, as she was often pressured to do. "Stealing an heiress" became a perfectly conventional means of taking -- literally -- a wife...
HENRY IV. Both parts of Shakespeare's chronicle play in rotation at Joseph Papp's Public Theater off-Broadway, in a fiercely idiosyncratic staging by Papp's heiress apparent, director JoAnne Akalaitis, featuring a multiracial cast and minimalist music by Philip Glass...