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Word: roles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what Gilligan said shouldn't detract from the excitement at Bright where Melrose played the role of unlikely hero. Bright rocked. Bright rolled. Its new cult figure celebrated on the ice. The relationship is not so strange anymore...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Thorny Rose Nets a Sweet Goal | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

Middlesex Courthouse is in many ways a laboratory for observing the consequences of the dramatic enhancement over the last decade of the role of women in the Bay State's court system. In addition to the two female judges in Middlesex, the District Attorney's Office is made up mostly of women lawyers (though the district attorney is a man.) About half the lawyers in the Public Defender's Office for Middlesex are women...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The Second Sex at Middlesex Courthouse | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

Most of the younger attorneys at the Middlesex courthouse deny that gender plays a large role in their everyday routines. Jo Ann Stringer, another public defender, says: "I feel very grateful to the women's movement, but I'm still figuring out how to be a good attorney, not a good woman attorney...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: The Second Sex at Middlesex Courthouse | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

Minifie's disease was in remission in 1983, but as the group began to take shape, she became ill once again and died in 1985. Elizabeth Bunn, the director of volunteers at the Hospice of Cambridge--another organization that helps terminally ill people--took over Minifie's role as director of the group...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: A Comfortable Place to Cry | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

Between the maze of subplots, Durand allows a sex scene or two, but his real love story is filial. As Daddy nears the end game, the book presents its sole ambiguity as father and son compete for the title role. Is the innocent American fit for parentage? Or has the little French garcon acquired a more mature knowledge of human treachery and altruism? Debating the question, Europeans have driven Thomas' adventure to the top of their best-seller lists. It is likely to have a commensurate success in the U.S., where some people fondly remember Father Knows Best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Savory Gambits | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

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