Word: birthday
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...fear and hypochondria, safety and overprotection, parents struggle to raise their children with some semblance of normalcy-without driving themselves, their kids, their friends, and their communities crazy. Waiters roll their eyes when parents ask to view labels and school staff often resist accommodations. Parents whose kids dive into birthday cake with abandon and live on PB and J aren't necessarily sympathetic to what they call the peanut police. Even the most understanding moms aren't accustomed to the precautions involved in having an allergic child over for a playdate...
...Patty and Mildred Hill route. In the Prince model, you write a piece of music that people love so much, they seek it out, download it and turn up the radio whenever it comes on. The Hill sisters model is trickier; they composed the melody for Happy Birthday to You. They achieved their fame by writing a tune that people don't listen to so much as sing...
...tragic-happy ending. At the climax of the 1930 Prix de beaut?, she is a movie star sitting in a screening room about to watch the rushes of her big song. (It's the sad, teasing "Je n'ai qu'un Amour c'est Toi," and, in another 100th birthday present, is covered on the new CD by World Musette, a Paris band fronted by the cartoonist Robert Crumb.) Her jealous lover creeps into the projection booth and, from there, shoots her dead. Brooks' face goes lifeless as her screen image lives. And the song ends: "Don't think...
...Corker.Candidates could edit their profiles created by Facebook administrators, said employee Brandee Barker. Virginia’s Senate winner, Democrat Jim Webb, listed “Faith, Family, Country” as his interests, while the wall of Ohio’s winner, Democrat Sherrod Brown, was filled with birthday wishes from college students. Senate candidates who posted content on their profiles averaged 2,429 supporters, while those who did not had only 429, according to Christine B. Williams, a Bentley College government professor. This pattern also held true for gubernatorial candidates. Facebook lists Fox News as its election results...
...certainly share the legitimate concern over what would have happened in the event of a real fire, given the worrying number of Eliot residents who remained inside despite the alarm, there is a far more pertinent question as the Eliot community reflects on the house’s 75th birthday, celebrated this past Thursday. In the face of silly toilet handles, toxic flooding, false alarms, and one very unhinged fireman, what can Eliot do to restore itself to glory? For what it’s worth, we think we have the answer. Bring Ben Folds to the Fête...