Ex-Wives

December, 1984

Suits can be discarded, cars traded and youthful mistakes forgotten, but an ex-wife never quite goes away. Sooner or later, she's bound to be heard from--like an old war wound.What is it about an ex-wife (substitute ex-husband if you're of the Alan Alda persuasion) that makes an otherwise civilized man gnash his teeth and rail at the fates in frustration?If Lebanon can be dealt with, why not the E.W.?There's the money, of course; and the temptation is to go no further. The Government itself rele...