Word: sons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people murmured against Morton, and stayed away from lectures to tend their other crops. But unlike the Prodigal Son they found no improvement upon their return...
Despite his enormous handicaps, Hawking retains undiminished enthusiasm for his work and his family. He is the devoted father of two children, a son, 11, and a daughter, 7. His wife Jane, to whom he has been married for 13 years, often accompanies him to scientific meetings, where he inevitably draws a crowd. He also retains an impish sense of humor. He once offered to send Caltech's Kip Thorne a year's subscription to Penthouse if Cygnus X-l turns out not to be a black hole...
MARRIED. Kate Jackson, 28, almond-eyed beauty of TV's adventure series Charlie's Angels; and Andrew Stevens, 23, budding star of the miniseries The Bastard and son of Actress Stella Stevens; both for the first time; on Martha's Vineyard, Mass...
...suite at the Plaza Hotel, and a Pinkerton detective protects her from unfriendly Dobermans and Great Danes and overly friendly Shih Tzus and Lhasa Apsos. He cannot protect her from the law, however. In Central Park last week, a policeman came up and ordered Bob Weatherwax, the son of her famous trainer, Rudd, to put her on a leash. "This dog never wears a leash," protested Weatherwax. "This is Lassie!" Responded the cop: "Right, and I'm the King of Siam. Now get a leash, or I'll have to arrest...
...Richard Meryman's delightful biography shows, Mank's wit had an undertow of bitterness and desperation. "I am the most serious man in the world," he said, "even when I'm joking." The son of a German immigrant who believed in Prussian discipline, Mankiewicz was ceaselessly downgraded by his father. The old man, a professor of languages, seemed jealous and resentful of Herman's precocity. Early on, the boy became convinced that he was a failure and spent the rest of his life trying to prove himself right...