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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BITCHES" are in the air. From Leona Helmsley ("guilty bitch") to Margaret Thatcher ("conservative bitch") to Imelda Marcos ("well-shod bitch"), the word is being thrown around as an all-encompassing description of why these women are less-than-desireable role models...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: She's a Real... | 4/12/1990 | See Source »

...public lynch mob against Leona Helmsley, for example has gone beyond the bounds of normal public discourse. When a respected national news magazine showed Helmsley on its cover next to the caption "Rhymes with Rich" one could rest assured that they didn't mean "witch...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: She's a Real... | 4/12/1990 | See Source »

Jury selection for her trial on racketeering and other charges carrying up to 50 years in prison started last week in the same courtroom that saw the bravura performances of Leona Helmsley and Bess Myerson. For sheer Wagnerian greed, the tale of Imelda could put the Hotel Queen to shame. Jurors will have to decide whether a wife always knows what her husband is up to -- in this case, deposed President Ferdinand Marcos, who died last September. "The Marcoses were masters of deception," said prosecutors. "They elevated three- card monte ((a form of shell game)) to an art form." Scoffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Imelda's Day In Court | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

After withstanding so much abuse, he performs without giving a damn. All we are seeing is an overextended ego a la Leona Helmsly...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Dan Quayle: Man or Myth? | 1/5/1990 | See Source »

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