Word: widowing
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...likely that scenes or elements of confusion would lose the attention of viewers, thus making the play ineffective. This is especially applicable to Augustine, who entrances the audience with his sincere display of emotion in an extremely complex and confusing second act. As the main voice of the widow in the first act, Kate Agresta's ability to dazzle audiences, even when delivering somber testimony, becomes apparent. Her impeccable delivery is a triumph in itself, but the emotion with which she does so is powerful. All three actors markedly encompass his or her character, forcing the audience to surrender their...
...Gandhi's Congress party and its allies. In an election where no significant policy issues were at stake, Congress had hoped the allure of the Gandhi name would restore its fortunes. Although the BJP mercilessly beat the drum of her foreign birth - she's the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - what may have counted more tellingly against her was the BJP's record and the timing of the poll. Last year Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had rallied the nation behind his government when it tested its first nuclear weapons; then he did the same early...
...reader, on the other hand, grows steadily more curious as Hata parcels out memories of his past. It is worlds away from a present that includes troubles with Sunny and a persistent real estate agent who is salivating to list his house, and a bittersweet romance with the widow Mary Burns...
...issue might seem brand-new to most Americans, but the fight to free the prisoners has been going on for years. Among its supporters are 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners, former president Jimmy Carter, Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu and Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Why would so many respected human rights activists speak out on behalf of a group of people convicted of terrorist acts...
...within a democratic shell. The line is almost unbroken. The first Prime Minister (Nehru) begat a Prime Minister (daughter Indira) who begat another (son Rajiv). His children being too young to reign, India's Congress Party is proposing what in the Middle Ages was called a regency: let the widow rule...