Word: widower
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Henry Greiner called on elected officials to "heed the cries of those who till the soil and feed the nation." In Lone Tree, Dale and Emily Burr were buried side by side in a cemetery just a mile from their farm. The day ^ before, Richard Goody's widow turned down the offer of a military funeral for her husband even though, as a Viet Nam veteran, he was entitled to one. "No more guns," Marilyn Goody said softly...
...Loeb, who died in 1981. "Nobody, least of all me, is going to disagree that Bill Loeb raised his share of hell." Added Bush plaintively: "I think in my case, he overdid it." His reception was overwhelmingly lukewarm. Nackey Loeb, the Union Leader's current publisher and William's widow, spoke as gingerly as had Bush. Her late husband, she said, "would be grateful to the Vice President of the U.S." for his presence, though she carefully refrained from specifying which Vice President. The evening, with all its tiptoeing over sensitive ground, brought a sparkle of amusement to the eyes...
Chants of "Cory! Cory!" filled the room as Corazon Aquino, 52, spoke into the microphone. "I hereby affirm my candidacy and confirm my willingness if elected to serve our people as President of the Republic of the Philippines." With that declaration, the widow of slain Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr.--a career housewife and mother of five who has never before run for office--ended weeks of speculation and confirmed that she would ) oppose President Ferdinand Marcos, 68, in a snap election called...
...more fitting way to remember Lennon, many said, is the park recently built in Central Park in his memory. The park, named Strawberry Fields, was built with money contributed by Lennon's widow, Yoko...
...limits are. And he knows precisely how far he can push each interview, each subject, to get what he wants. While he will take 20 minutes to coax a group of villagers to describe what life was like with the Jews, he does not hesitiate to challenge the widow of a Nazi who has clearly got her facts wrong...