Word: widowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widow is spared...
...found guilty of "towering and heinous" crimes and unceremoniously hustled out of court, defiantly screaming, "Down with revisionism!" Jiang Qing, now 69, Chairman Mao's headstrong widow and imperious ringleader of the leftist Gang of Four, was sentenced to death, but given two years in prison to repent...
...leniency now? One reason is that Mao is still widely revered in China, and the execution of his widow would be seen as a dishonor to his memory. It might also make her something of a martyr and inflame those ultraleftists now in hiding. By sparing her, the new government can reinforce its image of moderation and self-confidence. Says a Chinese official: "A political consideration is, of course, foremost: to preserve the current unity and stability in our country. Besides, she no longer has the ability to stir up trouble...
Among the 400 guests were numerous cover subjects or members of their families, including Georges Clemenceau, grandson and namesake of the French Premier who appeared on the cover in 1926; Genevieve de Gaulle, niece of General De Gaulle; and the widow of President Georges Pompidou, a cover subject in 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1974. Present, too, were former Premier Edgar Faure (1955), former Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville (1964) and Actress Jeanne Moreau...
...theatrical masterpiece, the 1938 Pulitzer-prizewinning comedy You Can't Take It with You. Across the river from Broadway in Millburn, N.J., it has just been revived, with Jason Robards, 60, in the lead. When Kaufman's daughter Anne Kaufman, 57, and Moss Hart's widow Kitty Carlisle Hart, 65, dropped backstage, it added a familial touch to the family-oriented play that suited Robards fine. The much married reformed drinker is practicing what he performs. "You know what I did the other night?" says Robards. "I threw the football with my eight-year-old son until...