Word: spousal
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...that the police had to be called in to mediate several times. On one occasion, says Levelle, "Maher knocked me down, started hitting me with his forearm and told me he would get a gun and kill me." Maher's first wife Marla, who divorced him in 1991, alleging spousal abuse and drug use, told friends he had threatened to kill her and liked to play Russian roulette...
Sonia, however, is no pioneer of spousal succession. Corazon Aquino and Violeta Chamorro, both widows of assassinated opposition leaders, became Presidents, respectively, of the Philippines and Nicaragua. They did not, however, get there by default. They ascended by courageously making themselves the rallying point of a revolution. The one who did ascend for no other discernible reason than having shared the great one's bed is one Mrs. Peron of Argentina. Not Evita, who became a saint after her death but never actually ruled--no, the sorriest modern case of rule by consort is Peron's third wife, Isabel...
...ELEANOR] Lost second son; grappled with depression and spousal infidelity...
They also rejected Berkowitz's claim thatThompson's spousal relationship with the associatedean-someone over whom the associate provost couldexercise authority, according toBerkowitz-violates the University's publishedSexual Harassment and Unprofessional ConductGuidelines...
They also rejected Berkowitz's claim that Thompson's spousal relationship with the associate dean--someone over whom the associate provost could exercise authority, according to Berkowitz--violates the University's published Sexual Harassment and Unprofessional Conduct Guidelines...