Word: coffining
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First Sergeant Christopher Coffin knew how to stay close to his wife Betsy even when he was far away. Before he left in February, bound for the Persian Gulf, he took her outside on a cold, clear Maine night, pointed to an especially bright star and told her he would be able to see it from Iraq. They could both look at it, and find each other. "Every night when I walked the dog," Betsy says, "I would stop and talk to the star. The dog was so confused; she could tell I was talking to Chris, but she couldn...
...bout with lung disease, his wife threw him a party. To honor her late husband--a passionate Miami sports fan--Carole Faria asked the funeral home to re-create a stadium setting with Marlins, Heat and Dolphins paraphernalia. Jack's favorite putter, pool cue and family photos surrounded his coffin. The song As Time Goes By, from his favorite movie, Casablanca, played in the background. "I wanted a huge celebration," says Faria. "After two and a half years of difficulty, I saw the good times. It made me feel like he really did have a great life. I wanted everyone...
...they have had longer to differentiate. And populations in eastern Africa, where most of the oldest hominid fossils have been found, are the most diverse of all. Finding this most ancient of Homo sapiens in Africa pretty much settles the argument. "It's not just another nail in the coffin for the multiregional view," says Rightmire. "It lowers the coffin into the ground." Declares White: "This is what stepped out of Africa...
...girls follow a woman carrying a coffin-shaped purse and a man dressed like a cow into the theater, where they are greeted by a loud-mouthed woman wearing a ripped tank top bearing the word “Security...
...This weather has put the coffin nail in this little town, and Nature just won't let us go in peace." BILL SHEPHERD, on devastation in Pierce City, Mo., which was nearly destroyed by tornadoes last week...