Word: dad
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...office. Of all the races that year, hers was the single candidacy endorsed by the state Democratic Party and the only one it helped to fund. The now 42-year-old former state senator and lawyer, a graduate of Georgetown and (like her dad) Loyola Law School, took some degree of heat for her inexperience when she won the post; it didn't help matters that she had to return $25,000 in campaign donations from what turned out to be a bigoted rock band, though she did wisely donate the cash to anti-hate groups. "He really...
Gift-giving was so much easier when we were kids. Old Spice soap on a rope for Dad and something sparkly for Mom - whether or not they particularly liked these presents was secondary. It's the thought that counts, right...
...Christmas Eve a couple years ago. "These are shows that haven't been heard in 60 years. You'd think if anything, the traditionalists would be like, 'This is really cool.' Mitch Thrower, son of the Yule Log's creator, isn't sure his father would agree. "If my Dad was around now, I suspect he would have preferred the traditional WPIX Yule Log," he says, "because of the sentimental value for millions of people, and the power of tradition...
...noted for its discipline, its rigor and its self control: three things most young boys are not noted for. Of course, Obama didn't take Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, everywhere he campaigned. But long fatherly absences may make the boys even more likely to be unhelpful. "If dad's away on the campaign trail a lot, [boys'] tendencies towards defiance and impulsivity are exacerbated," says Meeks...
...some modern Pesidents did have sons in the White House. But none of them had to campaign with them. John F. Kennedy, Jr., was in utero for most of his dad's campaign. The Reagan and Bush sons were already grown by the time their fathers were elected. Jack Ford lived with his parents at 1600 Pennsylvania, but he only moved there when Nixon resigned, not through the crucible of a campaign...