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Reached at her home last night at roughly 6:45 p.m., Louise Womack, who appeared dressed in her nightgown, denied that she is Stephen J. Womack's mother, She would not comment further on the case, threatening to call police...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Suspect Described as Loner | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

Sometime after midnight, a neighbor out walking his dog found the bodies. Nicole, wearing only a nightgown, lay in a pool of blood, her head severed to the spinal cord. A barefoot Goldman lay nearby, his body laced with signs of a ferocious struggle and 22 knife wounds. It was the neighborhood dogs that sounded the alarm, their paws spreading a bloody mosaic on the sidewalk around the house. One of the first cops on the scene, a longtime veteran, said, "It was the bloodiest crime scene I have ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: O.J. Simpson: End of the Run | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

Departing momentarily from the somber mood of the opening scene, the second section shows the dancers frolicking about the stage in white nightgown-like play suits with large red rubber balls. Although the music in this segment remains light-hearted and upbeat, the dancers' motions slow considerably: they drop to the floor, gently manipulating the balls over their bodies. This playful scene seems like an appropriate place for the women to display some of their acrobatic prowess, the Graney reverts to the earlier solemnity and deprives the audience of the energetic interlude it needs...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Exploring the Politics of Women's Bodies | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...great friend," someone he would trust to race to Bangkok in an emergency. Such sentiments sound saccharine, but Safire's friends tend to remember gifts he gave them 30 years ago. For Barbara Walters, who worked with him in p.r. in the late 1950s, it was a black, shorty nightgown -- presented not as a romantic gesture but to twit her for being too prim. "Bill was saying, in effect, 'Loosen up,' " she recalls. Safire was introduced to Helene in 1962 by motion-picture executive Edward Bleier. After a whirlwind wedding, Safire presented Bleier with a silver matchbox engraved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILLIAM SAFIRE: Prolific Purveyor Of Punditry | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...comes off well the first time, but a constant repetition of the same sight gags and crazy word substitutions (Hernandez says "porpoise" when she means "patient" at least six times) rapidly becomes unconvincing. Some subtlety would have been nice; we don't need to see Hernandez in a pink nightgown with a teddy to know that her behavior is childish...

Author: By Adam E. Pachter, | Title: Schizophrenia | 11/10/1989 | See Source »

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