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Marianne's financial situation makes her more secure than many single mothers. Brennetta Simpson, 44, an assistant dean of music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., wasn't thrilled about going through childbirth, so she decided to adopt. But she had serious concerns about whether she could afford to do so on her university administrator's salary. Another problem: Who would take care of her child if she were to die unexpectedly? She got her best friends in California to agree to step in as surrogate parents in that event...
DIED. BERTHA HOLT, 96, children's advocate whose missionary-like crusade to adopt war orphans resulted in a 1955 law allowing Americans to adopt more children internationally; in Creswell, Ore. Devout Baptists, Holt and her husband adopted eight Korean children left abandoned by U.S. soldiers and founded a respected international adoption agency...
...airhead son of privilege. Where did he get his "elite" education? Yale? Never heard of it. Despite the apparent vulnerability of George Jr. I hear you have some personal stumbling blocks. Let me suggest, if you have problems laughing naturally, practice in front of the mirror. In order to adopt the proper tone of voice, try slowing down your words (creating the impression Georgie is too slow to understand), lengthen your A's and strengthen your consonants. Most importantly, roll your eyes at the mention of his latest proposals. Accomplish in a simple gesture what you will then spend...
...held 15 gun manufacturers liable for negligently distributing handguns that were later used in crimes. At least 30 cities and counties have filed lawsuits against gun manufacturers, and the industry is running scared. Smith & Wesson, the oldest and largest handgun manufacturer in the U.S., agreed last month to adopt several kinds of safety measures--among them installing "smart-gun technology" on all its guns within three years in exchange for being dropped from numerous lawsuits. Colt has stopped making most of its guns for sale to individuals, focusing on the police and military markets instead...
...deserved" level of fame (for Affleck, respectively: "Johnny Depp" and "Omar Epps"). The site's "2 Stars, 1 Slot" compares eerily similar niche actors (Vicki Lewis vs. Kathy Griffin in "Battle of the Redheaded Flibbertigibbets"), while the forthcoming "Media Hog" will be a celebrity fantasy league where readers "adopt" stars, who score points for hogging press coverage...