Word: wifely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Affliction is about a dismal town in New Hampshire and its effects on one of the inhabitants, Wade Whitehouse, part-time well digger, snow-plow operator, police officer and school-crossing guard. He has lived in a trailer ever since his wife left him for a man with better prospects. Smoldering with resentments, he lets routine things slip his mind. "Sometimes you just forget who you are. Especially when you're sick of who you are," he tells his brother Rolfe...
...father of three sons, whose wife died of cancer in 1970, Mazowiecki is learning how to live in the media spotlight. When reporters asked who would serve in his government, he replied, "I have to think for a while. There is no time, but still I need some time." Then, as the cameras turned away, Mazowiecki seemed relieved. "Finally," he said, "I can have a smoke...
...system. After persuading New Jersey Republican Congresswoman Margaret Roukema to join him on a trip to Africa in 1984, Leland got in to see Ronald Reagan, who then agreed to support more foreign food aid and order ships loaded with grain to head for Ethiopia. Leland leaves his wife Alison, who is two months pregnant, a son -- and a world less hungry than it would have been without...
Talk about small acorns and mighty oaks. Requests for Zagat's photocopied survey soon grew to the point that his wife Nina, also an attorney, suggested that they start selling the guide to cover expenses. Now, a decade after that fateful dinner, Tim Zagat is no longer a practicing lawyer but the mogul of an ever growing mini-empire of restaurant and hotel reviews across the U.S. For New York City gourmets, the appearance of Zagat's annual survey of local restaurants has become an event anticipated much the way their Parisian peers await each new Guide Michelin. Zagat...
...electoral achievement was spiced by a titillating sideshow. Among the candidates was Raquel Blandon, President Cerezo's wife. Although the Cerezos have discreetly been maintaining separate residences for more than a year, Blandon's run for office put an added strain on their complicated domestic arrangement. Their marriage has reportedly been tested by Cerezo's much rumored dalliances with other women...