Word: wife
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...number of local critics complain that the refurbished market is squeezing out local merchants and residents and replacing them with chic boutique-type shops. Others argue that the markets should have been restored accurately to their 19th century appearance. But Thompson's wife and associate, Jane, rejects what she calls "a Williamsburg mentality, where you have people in costumes catering to tourists." She adds: "We wanted the complex to be economically vital. If you get too many tourists coming through, they discourage the residents and then the merchants start selling little trinkets. You can't support a place...
Despite his enormous handicaps, Hawking retains undiminished enthusiasm for his work and his family. He is the devoted father of two children, a son, 11, and a daughter, 7. His wife Jane, to whom he has been married for 13 years, often accompanies him to scientific meetings, where he inevitably draws a crowd. He also retains an impish sense of humor. He once offered to send Caltech's Kip Thorne a year's subscription to Penthouse if Cygnus X-l turns out not to be a black hole...
DIED. Louis Prima, 66, jazz trumpeter and gravel-voiced singer and bandleader; after lingering in a coma for three years; in New Orleans. With his wife, Singer Keely Smith, he staged a raucous nightclub act that made the couple Las Vegas headliners until their divorce...
DIED. Charles Eames, 71, modern designer whose name became synonymous with his curved chairs; of a heart attack; in St. Louis. In 1941, while designing molded machine parts for the U.S. Navy, Eames collaborated by night with his wife Ray to produce the "potato chip," a sculptured wood back and separate seat, both affixed to a steel frame. Today his molded plastic chairs are found in airline terminals and office lobbies the world over...
DIED. Charles Boyer, 78, debonair, French-born Hollywood star of the '30s and '40s; of an apparent heart attack suffered two days after his wife of 36 years had died; in Phoenix. Endowed with a voice that women found deeply sensual, Boyer was probably best known for the invitation credited to him (but never uttered) in Algiers: "Come weez me to ze Casbah...