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Word: wifely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eyes on Juliet; and Juliet was a 13-year-old upstart who roundly abused both her murdering Romeo and her devoted nurse. Shakespeare himself addresses some of his most heartfelt statements of love to a beautiful young man, and to a mysterious "dark lady" who was not his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Midsummer Night's Dream: the Sequel | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...that the family's troubles are so terrible; it is that they are so terribly typical. Eldest son Gil (Steve Martin) is a perfectionist who wants to be the ideal husband, father, provider and Little League manager that Frank never was. Gil's wise and patient wife (Mary Steenburgen) can deal with the pressure his anxious idealism generates, but his eight-year-old son cannot. The boy's school is insisting that special education is his only hope. His ball team is down on him because he keeps muffing easy pop-ups. Which, of course, makes Gil try even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Typical, Terrible Family | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...people of both groups: the victims were always somebody out of the 49%. A kid who was sent down to the grocery, an adult would escort him. Forget the playground. Only one kind of people used that, and that was the people who created the nuisance. My wife was mugged by a team. And at that time we decided we were just going to stand up and fight. Now if ((someone tries a mugging)) and we get him, you don't know what will happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dealing With Demography | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

...Goodbye, my wife. If you don't hear my voice and see my face again, I want you to look after yourself, and don't be sad, and always remember...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrorists Spare Life of American Hostage | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

...voice broke with emotion when he ended the appeal with this message for his Lebanese wife, Elham Ghandour, a secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrorists Spare Life of American Hostage | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

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