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Word: passione (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story was a classic one: a jealous woman, a man who done her wrong, a gun, a struggle, and a question of where to put the blame in a blizzard of passion. It happens every day on television, in films, even in real life. But the trial of Jean Harris, 57, accused of murdering Scarsdale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower, 69, assumed the proportions of a national melodrama. During the three-month trial, as her precious privacy and guarded respectability were stripped away, the pitiably proud former headmistress of Virginia's Madeira School for girls became the centerpiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jean Harris: Murder with Intent to Love | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...someone whose life was filled with grand passion and frightening complexity, prison routine may prove deadening. Harris will rise at 6:30 a.m. and eat a breakfast of cereal, fruit, toast and occasionally bacon and eggs. Then she will do manual work: cleaning, floor mopping, dish washing. For clothes, she can choose between jumpers and slacks of mint green, yellow or beige. Luncheon and dinner entrees include meat loaf, Swiss steak, stuffed cabbage and similar hearty fare not common to the Tarnower table. In the evenings she will be allowed to wear her own blouses, stockings, shoes and a watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Way to Treat a Lady | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

Davis, 55, has a passion for privacy. The son of a New York City garmentmaker, he amassed a fortune, believed to approach $1 billion, in 25 years of wheeling and dealing that have made his wholly owned Davis Oil Co. a leading independent oil driller. Davis has tried but failed to buy up other non-oil businesses, including the Oakland A's baseball team and the Denver Post. If he captures Fox, he will own not just a highly profitable movie studio but a budding entertainment and real estate empire. Fox Chairman Dennis Stanfill has been investing movie revenues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fox Hunt: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...favors. She is also British, another preferred attribute and one that will make her the first citizen to marry the heir to the throne since 1659.* Like the Prince, she is an athlete: an avid bicyclist, swimmer and skier, although she does not share the royal family's passion for horses. Says she: "I fell off a horse and lost my nerve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Charles Picks a Bride | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

Szaro is wholly absor bed in this venture, which he calls "the passion of my life over the last 5 years," and with his home of New York City, which he refers to as "the top of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Placekicker Says There's More To Life Than Football | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

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