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...Retired Group Captain Peter Townsend, now married and living outside Paris, was in London to promote Duel of Eagles, his newly published book about the Battle of Britain. But he spent most of his time fielding questions about his old romance with Margaret, which flourished although he was a divorcé until the Princess-under pressure from the Church of England-announced in 1955 that she would not marry him. What would he do if he met her by chance during his visit? "I'd just say hello, like anybody else. What would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 14, 1970 | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

...Washington Post to make the equality and dignity of women completely and instinctively meaningful . . . Words like 'divorcee,' 'grandmother,' 'blonde' (or 'brunette') or 'housewife' should be avoided in all stories where, if a man were involved, the words 'divorcé,' 'grandfather,' 'blond' or 'householder' would be inapplicable. In other words, they should be avoided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Grandmothers Die Hard | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

...like trying to take one blanket and stretch it over two beds." It is also one of the main legal skirmish lines in the battle of the sexes. "It's not fair to me or the two children," says Linda Sue Beasley, 24, an attractive Indianapolis, Ohio, divorcée who receives $30 a month. "Hell, I should know," says a Los Angeles stockbroker. "I've been through three divorces and didn't get one fair shake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: The Price of Guilt v. Need | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

...Kaltman, a blonde, fiftyish divorcée of formidably efficient mien and determined stride, whacked cuisine costs by making René use frozen foods (a "very lousy" thing in the White House, he complained). That was the beginning of the end. The end came ever closer when she also insisted on pointing out her favorite recipes in a well-thumbed copy of the Gourmet Cookbook. "I have a master pastry chef who has been doing these things for 40 years," muttered the disconsolate chef. "You just don't open the cookbook to page 40 and stick it under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capital: Adieu to Pease Porridge | 12/24/1965 | See Source »

Married. Dr. Samuel Sheppard, 40, onetime Cleveland osteopath just released from the Ohio Penitentiary after serving almost ten years of a life sentence for the bludgeon-slaying of his wife; and Ariane Tebbenjohanns, 35, platinum-blonde German divorcée, his pen-pal fiancee since January 1963; both for the second time; in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 24, 1964 | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

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