Word: jong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...visiting a peasant family. Surprisingly, North Koreans know little about the private life of their great father-teacher. Most people do not know the name of his wife (Kim Sung Ae) or how many children he has (at least two). They are, however, aware of his eldest son, Kim Jong II, 36, a party functionary. The official publicity campaign on his behalf suggests that Kim the younger is being groomed to succeed his father...
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...President Bok confers honorary degrees at Commencement on Harold Robbins, John Belushi, Halston, Dennis Kucinich, Cheryl Tiegs, Julius Erving, Erica Jong, John Wayne Gacy, Amy Carter and the Bee Gees. The Corporation also reportedly offers degrees to the Rev. Jim Jones and former President Harry S Truman, who decline to attend the ceremony...
...aren't these women smiling? Authors Nora Ephron (Crazy Salad), Erica Jong (Fear of Flying) and Francine du Piessix Gray (Lovers and Tyrants) are discussing a serious subject: women, men and money. The occasion: a Washington benefit for the Women's Campaign Fund. Gray argued that being put on a pedestal has sometimes been a severe obstacle to a woman's achieving success. Women, she said, are "the only exploited group in history who have been idealized into powerlessness." Jong agreed. "We successful women feel we are doing something unwomanly by making money," she complained. "When...
Since Erica Jong overcame her fear of flying, and Philip Roth professed desire, it is a great relief to find a novelist who isn't hiding, naked ego poorly concealed, behind her central character. The Ice Age is not about any one person, but rather a constellation of characters in an historical content, the downfall of their country. Each character, we feel, has his own identity, his own rationale for living, and a small but important fate to be played out against the background of a faltering England. Drabble has the novelistic strength to make the most of her role...