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...were on the phone trying to find anybody--FBI, local people, anybody--to take us seriously, and the clock is ticking," says Scott Ohlgren, Karlan's stepfather. A break came when Dabord tried to buy $152,000 worth of gold from a Phoenix bullion dealer, using his brother's checkbook. On Sept. 5 he was arrested, but he was released a few hours later when police could not disprove his claim that Dele had authorized the transaction. Dabord left for Mexico--out of the hands of police until he surfaced in San Diego...
...Often this comes with an epiphany: 'Oh, my God, Dad's getting old,'" says University of Southern California sociologist Vern Bengtson. A small event, like superorganized Mom losing her checkbook, may be the trigger. Or the recognition of parental decline may dawn gradually. Some offspring fight off the reality until a crisis hits, while others fret and nag long before their parents need any help. Many folks, Bengston points out, enter old age relatively healthy, still helping their kids with baby-sitting and financial support, but their offspring may overreact to small, normal signs of their parents' aging...
Though he has publicly expressed his support for the department countless times since his spat with West became public, Summers told the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this year that the department should expect “less of an open checkbook from my administration than the previous...
...Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young (Hyperion), due out next month. One sister lived a "hard life," smoking, drinking heavily, eating a high-fat diet and exercising little, if at all. She started experiencing mild forgetfulness at 77, followed by difficulty balancing her checkbook, completing crossword puzzles and addressing Christmas cards. Soon she developed Alzheimer's. The other twin was a social drinker who never smoked, adhered to a diet low in starches and animal fats, and exercised. She too began experiencing mild forgetfulness in her 70s but didn't decline further...
...more plausible, if not acceptable, reason for Ambrose's heist is suggested in a photo showing him standing proudly between Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who have mined his books for their projects. Never mind that an awaiting Hollywood checkbook makes haste and waste. The whole culture of movie-making runs counter to writing. Lifting others' material in Hollywood is de rigueur, or do I mean homage? He who steals my purse steals garbage, but my word? Whoa, Nellie...