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...cozy exchanges are contained in Philip's notebook. Eventually he has to convince his wife that this pillowless pillow talk is between him and an imaginary mistress who appears in a novel in progress. The wife does not buy it. She insists that the woman in the notebook is the living, panting model for her husband's creative effort. His exasperated explanation: "I have been imagining myself, outside of my novel, having a love affair with a character inside my novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost in The Fun House | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Start with a promising Indiana politician. Add one mistress. Season with love notes and broken promises. The result? A pungent political scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indiana: Taking a Chance on Love | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

Shortly after a U.S.-suggested visit from Vicky Amado, the general's 35- year-old mistress, Noriega told Laboa he would leave the embassy and give himself up to American forces. He asked permission to telephone his wife, who had sought refuge in the Cuban embassy with their three daughters and who, the U.S. had told Laboa, would be allowed to fly to exile in the Dominican Republic. Proud to the end, Noriega wanted to wear his general's uniform and surrender only to a general officer. Laboa, who had outwitted his adversary, said that would be fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guest Who Wore Out His Welcome | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

Noriega began his legal counterattack the day he arrived in Florida by refusing to enter a plea at his arraignment in U.S. district court. Dressed in a fresh uniform that was sent to him at the Vatican embassy by his mistress Vicky Amado, the general used headphones to follow the proceedings in Spanish. Defense attorney Frank A. Rubino argued that his client was immune from prosecution because he was a political prisoner who had been brought to the U.S illegally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noriega On Ice | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...directly descended from Charles II. "Most people in England are," she chuckles, "and I'm no exception." All, of course, from "the wrong side of the blanket." She likes the fact that her line stems from the classy Duchess of Cleveland rather than the King's more ordinary mistress, actress Nell Gwyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LADY ANTONIA FRASER: Not Quite Your Usual Historian | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

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