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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Charles became alarmed about Diana's mood swings, her frequent tears and her obsession with his old mistress, Camilla Parker Bowles. But Diana was right. Charles had no heart to give her. It, along with a certain amount of sentimental jewelry, belonged to Camilla. Diana called her sisters to lunch just before the wedding and asked them if she might still get out of it. "Your face is on the tea towels, so it's too late to chicken out now," was the famous reply. The pity is that the bride could not ask the groom about whether they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRACTURED FAIRY TALE | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...seems like the bathrooms aren't the prime issue," said Clare C. Parker '99. "I lock my room, but I'm definitely not afraid that someone will come into the bathroom...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: HUPD to Increase Security in Matthews | 2/27/1996 | See Source »

...LAST FRIDAY EVENING, 16-year-old Neil Parker was strolling in East London with his girlfriend when a powerful blast of wind nearly knocked him to his knees. Nearly a mile away, a half-ton bomb had exploded just across from Canary Wharf, home of Europe's tallest office building. As blood-flecked pedestrians stumbled across acres of shattered glass and sirens pierced the smoke, Parker tried to calm his girlfriend, Samantha Herbert. "I thought immediately it was something to do with the I.R.A.," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHATTERING THE PEACE | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...sufficiently inured to the buzz to appear in public, albeit under guard. But even President Carlos Menem has weighed in: "I don't see Madonna in the role. I don't think Argentina's people, who see Evita as a true martyr, will tolerate it." But director Alan Parker is unperturbed. "There's an extreme minority faction who have an opinion about what we're doing," he says. "I promised Menem I would show him the film when I've finished. I think he'll be pleasantly surprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 12, 1996 | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

...scribble obscuring the quality of Robinson's music. One can only hope that Robinson either returns to the more focused, steady approach of "Live Bird" or abandons drama altogether in favor of his music. If "Alley Cats" is any indication, Robinson's career may mimic that of his hero Parker: a promising talent, wasted by excess...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

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