Morgan claimed Bloomingdale promised her financial support as his mistress, but the case was thrown out.

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But politics is a cruel mistress.

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But the public markets have been a tricky mistress over the past several years.

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The heart of the film is his conquest of Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton), the actress who, under his tutelage, became the mistress not just of the London stage but of many of the grandees who frequented it.

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Robert tries to steal away for a night with his mistress, Julie (Laetitia Casta), but, while driving his car, spins out of control.

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It is alleged they started the fire in an attempt to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis, who had lived with the pair, but had left and started custody proceedings.

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Reporters knew, for instance, that Mitterrand secretly kept a mistress and their daughter lodged at the taxpayer's expense, but for years published nothing.

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Years ago I wanted to write a book, Another Woman: From Cleopatra to Marla, but now that seems to take us only halfway through the evolution of the mistress.

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He tries to steal away for a night with his mistress, Julie (Laetitia Casta), a swank French gallery owner, but his car spins out of control, Julie dies, and Miller runs away from the accident.

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The child's story is paralleled with that of another widow, who falls in love with and expects to marry a high-caste idealist but commits suicide when his father advises him not to rock the boat and to take her as a mistress instead.

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