Word: widowing
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...James N. Hill, widow of the son of the great railroad builder, for marrying Charles Blevins Davis, friend of President Truman and onetime escort of Margaret Truman...
Like a wealthy old widow, Harvard's oft-criticized and much-badgered Athletic Association hates to change the policies of its younger days. Cajoled by the alumni and wrapped up in hoary tradition, the rulemakers for Crimson sports have for decades perpetuated a faulty system of letter awards. Down at Quincy Street everybody agrees the system is imperfect; some even term it an anachronism...
Poppa died in 1929, leaving practically nothing. His widow went to work as the manager of the Baton Rouge Country Club, and Chep went to L.S.U. He was there when Huey Long was at the peak of his power. He graduated with a law degree, joined his brother's law firm and in 1936 was voted the "most popular escort" by the city's debutantes. He was dashing and debonair. In spare moments in 1936, he worked for the election of a reform candidate for governor against Huey's man, Richard Leche (rhymes with mesh). Leche...
...three-woman staff is suitably international : one is American; one is Hungarian by birth and Haitian by marriage; one is Swiss by birth, U.S. by citizenship, and married to an expatriate Russian. Mrs. Lea Cowles, the plump, attractive widow who directs the nursery school, was borrowed from the University of Alabama department of child development. Says she: "When some of the parents heard I was at Alabama, they thought I would turn out to be a race bigot...
...widow's mournful comment: "It is horrible these days to be married to an honest...