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Original release. Network. CBS. Release. March 1, 1992. ( 1992-03-01) A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story is a 1992 American drama TV movie directed by Dick Lowry and written by Joe Cacaci. It chronicles the events of the true crime case of Betty Broderick murdering her ex-husband, Daniel, and his second wife, Linda, on November 5, 1989.
Bombshell (slang) The term bombshell is a forerunner to the term "sex symbol" used to describe popular women regarded as very attractive. [ 1][ 2] The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper attests the usage of the term in this meaning since 1942. Bombshell has a longer history in its other, more general figurative meaning of a ...
An elderly woman and her daughter sit quietly on their porch at sunset when Mr. Shiftlet comes walking up the road to their farm. Through carefully selected details, O'Connor reveals that the girl is deaf and mute, that the old woman views Shiftlet as 'a tramp,' and that Shiftlet himself wears a "left coat sleeve that was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it."
50 friendship quotes. "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside." – Winnie the Pooh. "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you ...
Unknown. " There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe " is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on attempts to match the old woman with historical female figures who have had large families, although King George II (1683–1760) has also ...
Bimbo. Presumed portrait of Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830), called "the first officially recorded dumb blonde." Bimbo is slang for a conventionally attractive, sexualized naïve woman. [ 1] The term was originally used in the United States as early as 1919 for an unintelligent or brutish man. [ 2] As of the early 21st century, the "stereotypical ...
December 1845. " The Little Match Girl " ( Danish: Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks ") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845.
He registered for his U.S. copyright in 1927 using the poem's first phrase as its title. The April 5, 1933 issue of Michigan Tradesman magazine published the full, original text on its cover, crediting Ehrmann as its author. In 1933, he distributed the poem in the form of a Christmas card, [ 1] now officially titled "Desiderata."