In Boston, she had hoped to obtain her master's.
So she had to obtain her divorce on other grounds.
Mr. Vergès, who organized a successful campaign to obtain her reprieve, later married her.
Faulkner agreed to give up custody of her children in order to obtain her freedom.
Anyone who tries to obtain her official communications will face a legal defense of executive privilege.
But the writer did manage to obtain her phone number — "in a neighborly way," he said.
It took an embarrassing phone call to their mutual friend to obtain her number.
She then went on to obtain her Master's degree in Mathematics from Boston University.
Ms. Phillips, meanwhile, is planning to obtain her G.E.D. Her niece, Ms. Lightfoot, 34, is also considering going back to school.
There she goes into service as a seamstress's helper, biding her time until she can figure out how to obtain her beloved finery without resorting to prostitution.
Ms. Samole said she ended up downloading a pirated version of "Fight Club," which is how she intends to obtain her movies in the future.
