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- <text id=93TT2346>
- <title>
- Jan. 18, 1993: Never a Bridegroom?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Jan. 18, 1993 Fighting Back: Spouse Abuse
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 67
- Never a Bridegroom?
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- <body>
- <p>By GINIA BELLAFANTE
- </p>
- <p> Once upon a time there lived a somewhat nerdy though
- mildly attractive prince who enjoyed mountain climbing and
- tennis. He was destined to inherit the Japanese throne, yet he
- remained discontent. The young man desperately needed to save
- himself from a future of lonely nights spent dining on take-out
- food and playing the viola. So he searched and searched for a
- bride (preferably an outspoken one who could cook well), but
- alas, his efforts met with little success. Many of the land's
- liberated young women easily rejected the thought of a life
- trapped in a palace with a guy who had once studied 18th century
- commodity transport. But fear not, this tale has a sweet ending.
- Last week, in a move that triggered a Japanese press frenzy,
- PRINCE NARUHITO, 32, finally selected a wife. His long,
- internationally celebrated quest for a Mrs.--the subject of
- intensely controversial media scrutiny--ended with MASAKO
- OWADA, a 29-year-old Harvard graduate and member of the Foreign
- Ministry who just happens to speak four languages. No word on
- a wedding date as yet.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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