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...make these timeless tunes come to life, and since all of the contributors do solid work, what ends up standing out is a function of the song at hand - there's no faulting Patty Loveless and Dwight Yoakam, but their selections are less memorable than "Blue Night" (Mary Chapin Carpenter), "On the Old Kentucky Shore" (Joan Osborne & Ricky Skaggs) and especially Dolly Parton's rendering of "Cry, Cry Darlin'," a standout by any standard...
Though much of loss is anchored in the past, some people who lose their parents lament a future they will never share. Stuart Chapin's father died when he was 25, his mother five years later. Chapin, now 40, considers what their relationship might have grown into had they lived until he'd passed his 20s, which were so consumed by a desire for independence. "I, like my parents, have sat up with a sick child. I, like my parents, have juggled mortgage payments. You receive when you are young. Now you are in a position to share the experience...
...what Chapin regrets more than the end of his relationship to his parents is that his son will never know them as grandparents. "He's now three years old and missing out on the experience of aging," says Chapin. "I remember touching my grandmother's face--the papery skin, the strangeness and yet beauty of that. My parents will only be a story to him," he says. "I will tell the story with as much love and art as I can, but he won't be able to create his own story." --With reporting by Deborah Edler Brown/Los Angeles...
Republicans managed to defend tightly contested House seats in Florida, particularly in the Eighth District, which pitted Republican Ric Keller against Democrat Linda Chapin...
There are also advantages for estate-planning purposes, says Kathy Boyle, who runs Chapin Hill Advisors in New York City. Your rich aunt can contribute $50,000 at one time and move these assets out of her estate, allowing her to use five years' worth of annual gift-tax exclusions...