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woman

noun as in female human

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Unlike many other dwellings in the concrete jungle, this one has its own plush garden, allowing the most famous woman in China to reconnect with nature amid New York City’s hustle and bustle.

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Under brightly colored clothing, a red wig, prosthetics and unsubtle makeup, Madigan, 75, transformed into an enigmatic woman who arrives to stay with her niece’s family just before an entire class of elementary school children vanishes without explanation.

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The result, Madigan says, is a woman with “a certain joie de vivre about her,” who doesn’t care about what others think of her.

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For her role as a young woman in conflict with her headstrong father in 1985’s “Twice in a Lifetime,” Madigan received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress.

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But Close is fantastic as a deeply devout woman who has a habit of popping up when you least expect her, like a mouse from a hole.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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