Word: homely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year-old former legal secretary who calls herself Billie Jean Jackson was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail for violating a court order to stay away from singer Michael Jackson's Encino home and stop representing herself as his wife...
...Talk-show host David Letterman has had his Connecticut home broken into four times and his sports car taken for a spin by a 36-year-old woman who refers to herself as "Mrs. Letterman...
Warning signs of obsession are usually evident long before fans attack. Overardent admirers talk incessantly about their idols. They watch their films again and again or play their recordings over and over. They neglect responsibilities at home, school or work. Sometimes they devote an entire room to a celebrity, filling it with photographs and clippings, making it a sort of shrine. "Families should take this seriously," warns Dietz, "but they usually don't." The next step in the compulsion often involves travel, according to De Becker, first in a random pattern, then with a purpose: to follow the object...
...benefits that Nick Brady has made possible." Meanwhile, the U.S. trade deficit is provoking protectionism, which would make it harder for developing countries to work off their debts by exporting their products to a key market. If the U.S. is really going to help, debt reduction must begin at home. Otherwise, the promise of the Brady plan -- along with much of the rest of America's influence abroad -- will be squandered. That, truly, would be unforgivable...
...Yanks had done the impossible, gaining more than 10 games on the Sox since the middle of August to force the playoff at Fenway Park. Bucky Dent had done the impossible, depositing a home run over Yaz's head into the net behind the Green Monster, putting the Yanks ahead. And the Red Sox, hoping to do the impossible, were down to their last out against Goose Gossage...