Search Details

Word: wife (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...same time, Suwelo's wife, Fanny Nzingha, daughter of Olivia from The Color Purple, goes to Africa to learn about her own roots. She finds her father, a dissident playwright who somehow manages to keep his job as Minister of Culture of a fictional African republic while he is regularly thrown into jail for writing scathing plays...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: A Disappointing Mixture of Pop Style and Deep Ideas | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...other couple, the musician Arveyda and his Latin American wife Carlotta, split up when Arveyda has an affair with Carlotta's mother, Zede, and runs away to South America with her. He comes back, but in the meantime, Carlotta is able to have an affair with Suwelo...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: A Disappointing Mixture of Pop Style and Deep Ideas | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...husband, Mellon Professor of Humanities William L. Moran, were indicted last December on charges that they sexually assaulted their young grandchildren while they were supposed to be caring for them. William Moran, who was not involved in Monday's hearing, will likely be tried separately after his wife's trial is complete, Zobel said...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Moran Waives Right To be Tried by Jury | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

...later, Mexican police nabbed Ramon Salcido, 28, a winery worker accused of a gruesome shooting and slashing rampage in Sonoma County, Calif., two weeks ago that left seven people dead and terrorized residents. Among the victims were Salcido's wife and two daughters, ages 4 and 1. A third daughter, 3, barely survived a throat slitting. Suspecting that Salcido might flee to his native country, U.S. officials alerted Mexican authorities, who caught him at a railroad station near Los Mochis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Them Back to Justice | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...brutally routed by club-wielding police. The demonstrations were widely interpreted as a revolt against the leftist policies of the so- called Gang of Four, who at the time had effectively seized power from the dying Mao Zedong. Two days later the Gang of Four, led by Mao's wife Jiang Qing, sacked Deng, the recently rehabilitated Senior Deputy Premier whom they suspected of masterminding the demonstrations. But after Mao died five months later, the military overthrew the Gang of Four and Deng returned to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Come Out! Come Out! | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | Next