Search Details

Word: mistressful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Farley says the book itself is written with wit and style and ultimately achieves an elegant poignance. Hagedorn tells the story of the Riveras, a Filipino family that moves to the United States in 1970. While the father of the clan, Francisco, stays behind in the Philippines with his mistress, the mother, Milagros (a "volatile" woman given to pricy shopping sprees after fights with her husband), travels to America with her emotionally troubled son Voltaire (who has a penchant for bringing home strangers ranging from "a man with a rat's face" to "a burned-out ballerina") and her troublemaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE | 9/6/1996 | See Source »

...hails his hack. The younger, Francis (Mike McGlone), is a master of the Wall Street universe, but not of life beyond it. He claims to be too preoccupied to have sex with his wife (Jennifer Aniston), but he's lying. He is trying to remain faithful to his mistress (Cameron Diaz), who just happens to be his brother's former fiance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FOOLS FOR LOVE | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...named Gene Kenny. After much painstaking analysis, Dr. Rafael Neruda sees what he believes to be a triumph of his therapeutic skills: Gene is no longer a passive wimp but rather a rising computer whiz with a wife, a son and--somewhat to the shrink's discomfort--a beautiful mistress. After their last session, Neruda notes, "I have to admit a surge of vanity: I was proud of what I had wrought." A bit later he hears from his former patient, "You cured me. I'm not a neurotic anymore. It's just that I can't bear the normal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

...also very confusing. Wills has had to put up with volley after volley of mortifying revelations shouted from the headlines--the tabloids breaking the news, the "respectable" papers and TV reporting on the resulting scandal. Dad wants to be a tampon, the better to be close to his mistress. Mum was having an affair with that young riding instructor, who also taught Wills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE COMES WILLS | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...trip was arranged by Max Clifford, a London p.r. whiz who, with one wave of a press release and two calls on his mobile phone, can transform the dreariest story from an M.P.'s jilted mistress into tabloid gold, earning big headlines--and even bigger bucks--for himself and his clients. "O.J. can't get fair press coverage in America," said Clifford. "So he's here in England, where the press is much more objective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PURPOSEFUL TOURIST | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

Previous | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | Next