Word: annalena
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...think of Perowne when you approach the London town house that McEwan shares with Annalena McAfee, his second wife, an arts editor at the Guardian newspaper. Located on a neo-classical square laid out by Robert Adam, it also faces onto the British Telecom Tower, a '60s-era spike. Perowne lives in a house with the same views. And the poignant ramblings of his mother Lily, who suffers from vascular dementia--"I put sap in the clock to make it moist"--are transcribed directly from the speech of McEwan's mother Rose, using notes McEwan took on visits before...
...KILLED. ANNALENA TONELLI, 60, humanitarian worker from Italy who founded two hospitals in Somalia and spent 30 years there assisting patients suffering from famine and tuberculosis; by a gunman; in Borama, Somalia...
...DIED. ANNALENA TONELLI, 60, Italian aid worker who spent more than three decades helping sick Somalians; after being shot on the grounds of a 200-bed hospital that she founded; in Borama, Somalia. Tonelli was awarded the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' top honor in April for her work combating tuberculosis, aids, malnutrition and female-genital mutilation. She lived simply, eating the same food as her patients. "I would never believe that my life is a sacrifice," she told the Washington Post in 1993. "It is an idea that makes me laugh ... I often felt that there was nobody...
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