Word: priscilla
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, the good woman of the title is Shen Te (Priscilla Smith), a ho' in pre-war Setzuan. A sort of Oriental Mary Magdalene, she is the only person in the province willing to house three Gods (Isabell Monk, Harry S. Murphy and Thom Molinaro) on a fact finding mission from heaven. The deities--who obviously left home without it--reward Shen Te with a small fortune and the admonition to continue being good...
...separation with maximum efficiency. Tourists seethe up and down bourbon Street like muddy water in a bayou, clutching takeaway mint juleps and Hurricanes (a vile and overpriced cocktail sold only to tourists) in big paper cups. Fast talking slicks in white tuxedoes, looking like Elvis Presley's manager admitting Priscilla's age at a press conference, wait outside strip joints, holding the doors open for tantalizing glimpses of the flesh within On the sidewalks young entrepreneurs hawk shoeshines, "SHIT HAPPENS-on Bourbon St." sweatshirts, voodoo masks, even chances at the venerable shell game. And out of doors and windows...
...allows Bonet, who drew on her Creole roots. "I had to do a lot of self- exploration." Bonet was not moved to any self-exploration by the news that the latest Harper's Bazaar had included her on its most beautiful list. (Among the others: Nancy Reagan, Cybill Shepherd, Priscilla Presley and Maria Shriver.) "It's definitely a nice honor," sighs Bonet, "but there are so many beautiful women in the world. I know the truth." Heathcliff Huxtable would be proud of such a level-headed reaction...
...when polio cut him down while he was serving as a Marine lieutenant at Camp Lejeune. In recent years, hypothyroidism and urinary problems plagued him, and he sought psychiatric help for depression. Even though his health problems were widely known, his death shocked friends and family alike. His wife Priscilla received the news by phone from North Carolina's senior U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. For Helms, East was not only a political protege but a philosophical double. East is remembered mainly for having sponsored a measure in the Senate that failed to pass, a bill that would have outlawed abortion...
...Atlanta, who went into upscale bridal consultancy after designing a gown for former Georgia Governor George Busbee's daughter Beth, notes that satin and silk-satin blends are the most popular fabrics at the moment. "Organza is out, out, out," she says. "But tulle touches are coming back." Priscilla Kidder believes, "The girls went into ivory tones when the dresses their mothers had put away turned ivory from age. But wedding gowns themselves haven't changed. The most popular is still the very full, classic gown of stiff silk-satin...