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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This hatred translates into death and forced poverty for the count's sons. When it escalates into the count's incestuous encounter with his own daughter, his wife and children band together to murder the wicked patriarch...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Romantic Movement? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Mona Karim, who plays Cenci's daughter, Beatrice, falls all too often into this trap. While Shelley's play is intended to be a tragedy, Karim fails to convey believable anger in her accusations. There is so little emotion in her portrayal of Beatrice that when she reveals the incest forced upon her by her father, one may be uncertain of exactly what has happened to her. Were it not for Shelley's plot summary in the opening scene, the main tension of the play might go undiscovered...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Romantic Movement? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...just me. It's like I had this extra money, so I just started giving it out," said Judy Kelly, 53, who describes herself as the daughter of "an industrial tycoon" and a Chicago native...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Woman Gives Out $5000 to Lucky Passersby | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...November 16 slayings of the previously untouchable Jesuits, their live-in cook and her daughter came at a pivotal time for the region, which had been nearing an international settlement mediated by Costa Rican leader Oscar Arias...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Slain Priests Had Ties to Harvard | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

Cruzan's parents believe the decision to end her life, painful as it is, should rest with them, based on their intimate knowledge of Nancy's personality, views and preferences. "My daughter would say, 'Help, get me out of this,' " insists Joe Cruzan. The Cruzans' lawyers argue that the guarantee of liberty in the Constitution's due process clause protects individuals -- including helpless patients -- against unwarranted bodily intrusions by the state, and that a loving family is the best surrogate to decide what medical course an incompetent relative would choose. In 1983 a presidential medical- ethics commission endorsed the principle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Whose Right to Die? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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