Word: birthed
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Morris, 48, is one of those rare humans who seem to burst into life fully formed, already knowing what they know. His subject from birth was politics--not the liberal idealism so fashionable during his youth but the fierce, old-fashioned power plays of the New York City clubhouse system...
...back to haunt Republicans. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, leader of another state Dole badly needs in November, enjoyed a brief boost up the list. But Ridge, pro-choice, would infuriate conservative Christians. So would New Jersey's pro-choice Governor Christine Todd Whitman, who opposes a ban on partial-birth abortions. Ohio Governor George Voinovich dropped out of the running early...
...prompted a slow fugue of commemorative albums (including a bizarre set of postmortem duets with the also deceased Jim Reeves) and the stately 1985 biopic Sweet Dreams, with Jessica Lange as Patsy. Now the singer has become a legend that won't die. There's Patsy Cline: The Birth of a Star (Razor & Tie records), an audio collection of her TV appearances with Godfrey. A stage show, Always...Patsy Cline, played for two years in Nashville, Tennessee. The star of Always, Mandy Barnett, has just released her own album of Cline-inflected tunes. And for weeks the hottest country...
DIED. MARY THOMPSON, 120, indefatigable centenarian who reportedly "always kept her .22 in her bra"; in Orlando, Florida. The daughter of former slaves, Thompson never had a birth certificate, but the Social Security Administration traced her birth back to 1876. Until last week, that made her the oldest living American...
...individuals. When a billboard company refused to rent space to Brian Monaghan, a local Democratic attorney, for a sign reading "Republicans: Protecting our children's right to own assault weapons", Monaghan managed to come up with an acceptable alternative: "Republicans: Protecting individual rights from the moment of conception ... until birth." Maybe they didn't get it. One way or another, as tempers heat up, Rachel Shein's ice cream shop hopes to cool them down with some new flavors: Bob Dole Pineapple, Fig Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm Cracker, Forbes Flat-Tax Fudge, and Peppermint Pattie Buchanan. With a sprig...