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...going to be married at the end of the summer. The commissioner who had registered her told her she would have to come back and re-register once she had changed her name. The woman told them that she was going through the legal process of retaining her maiden name, but other than a snide query about why she was bothering to get married in the first place then, there was no other response to her explanation. Her name remained off the lists...
...Heath, who made his maiden speech in Parliament 21 years ago on the subject of European unity, responded: "I have long believed that Europe must grow steadily together in unity, and that Britain should be a part of that wider unity. I believe that only in this way can we secure the future peace of our Continent and end forever the quarrels which have brought such suffering upon our countries in the past...
...also feels that he has performed a moral service to Claire by warning of her boyfriend's dallying with another maiden. Jerome has obviously misread the boy's action, but the morality of the betrayal is left ambiguous. As long as his characters are happy, Rohmer...
...kites over the Easter weekend. Kent State students were playing baseball last week on the green where their fatal confrontation with the National Guard took place nearly a year ago. Reprieved from the junk heap, the Delta Queen, last of the overnight, stern-wheel Mississippi riverboats, started a new "maiden" voyage to Cincinnati last week. All around the land Americans felt a sense of freshness and renewal. Perhaps nothing has changed, but spring makes it seem as though...
What does set Mrs. Hodges apart is that under her maiden name, Glenda Jackson, she has recently become one of the most important actresses in Britain and the U.S. as well. Despite a sallow complexion, slight figure and somewhat crooked teeth, she has drawn accolades for her enigmatic, sexually energetic characterizations. Her intricate rendition of the D.H. Lawrence heroine Gudrun in Women in Love won her an Oscar last week at the Academy Awards in Hollywood...