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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daughter Virginia is an unusual candidate for feminist sainthood. She was the first of Galileo's illegitimate children, born to his Venetian mistress Marina Gamba. Virginia and her younger sister had no social standing and no marital future. They were cloistered at the Convent of San Matteo, located near Galileo's home in the outskirts of Florence. A son, Vincenzio, frittered away his youth and musical talent before settling down to raise a family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Footnotes No Longer | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...after we bash and trash, rehabilitation is inevitable. This time it was Frank Gifford, Kathie Lee's lowly husband, who caused the backlash to the backlash after photos of him and his mistress were plastered all over the tabloids. For a while there, Kathie Lee managed to be a victim. Well, folks, it's time to start bashing again. You see, Little Miss Sweatshop decided to send a note to Howard Stern after Stern's painful separation from his wife of 21 years. Stern and Kathie Lee, of course, aren't particularly good friends. Actually, Howard has made it quite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soman's In the [K]now | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...forth her subject's contradictions in a historically sensitive, prodigiously researched biography that has more than a soupcon of modern psychological theory thrown in. Understandably, Thurman occasionally gets lost in the thicket of claims, counterclaims and feuds that envelops the novelist. But who would not? The sphinxlike Colette, inscrutable mistress of her domain, would not have had it any other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vagabond of the Heart | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...could ignite his professional career. First though, he must win the confidence of self-absorbed millionaire Charles Newman (Dylan McDermott--all GQ cover, no personality), a powerful tycoon with the face of an underwear model and the disposition of a shark. Charles has a wife. He also has a mistress named Amy (Campbell), an energetic, free-spirited artist who specializes in glass sculptures. Charles is the jealous type and he wants Oscar to keep an eye on Amy and make sure she stays out of trouble, mainly because he is under the impression that Oscar is gay. Oscar is straight...

Author: By William Gienapp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Know the Steps to This Tango | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

DIED. JUDITH EXNER, 65, rumored former mistress of John F. Kennedy and Mob boss Sam Giancana; of breast cancer; in Duarte, Calif. A sometime Rat Pack associate, Exner claimed to have been a conduit between Kennedy and Giancana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 11, 1999 | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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