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Word: songstress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Zealand-born Te Kanawa as an all-American Nellie Forbush was a greater suspension of disbelief than many listeners were willing to make. Yet My Fair Lady was solid and assured, even if Jeremy Irons did not erase the memory of Rex Harrison as | Henry Higgins. And Carousel, with songstress Barbara Cook and opera bass Samuel Ramey as the ill-fated lovers, was thrilling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Show Boat! Broadway musical? Or opera in disguise? | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Monday, 28--U.S. Judge Robert Bork announces today that he will team up with international songstress Charo in a charity benefit on behalf of the homeless. In an unrelated disclosure, Bork confirmed that he seldom wears any clothing beneath his robes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year to Come | 4/1/1988 | See Source »

SEEKING DIVORCE. Marie Osmond, 25, aggressively wholesome songstress of the devoutly Mormon Osmond clan; from Steve Craig, 28, real estate salesman; after three years of marriage, one son and two highly publicized separations and reconciliations; in Provo, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 27, 1985 | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

...devout Muslim but no fanatic, has already hinted that he may relax, though not repeal, the imposition of Islamic law. One immediate example: last week government television screened a Middle Eastern version of a Las Vegas nightclub act, complete with gyrating Lebanese dancers and a blond Syrian songstress who wore a sleeveless dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan a Joyful, Fragile Revival | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...first video, which debuted last week (with Kris Kristofferson, 45, as her unbilled costar) on Entertainment Tonight. Since what's new is neo and what's hot is retro, the 6-min. clip for the song Left in the Dark features La Streisand as a vampy songstress in an Edward Hopper-style nightclub and in a '50s film noir setting. For Streisand, to compose a slight variation on an old theme of hers, the way she is is never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 5, 1984 | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

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