Word: dads
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...white. Yet he did have a more direct connection to the global cataclysm. His father had been a U.S. Naval mechanic (second class) in World War II. But Amos Hanks wasn't the type to tell his son tales of bravery and sacrifice. "Growing up, I always knew Dad was somewhere in the Pacific fixing things," Hanks says. "He had nothing nice to say about the Navy. He hated the Navy. He hated everybody in the Navy. He had no glorious stories about it." (See pictures of Tom Hanks' career in film...
...Laughs) I grew up like the kids in “Children of Invention,” with Chinese immigrant parents. The stereotype is that immigrant parents want their kids to assume traditional doctor, lawyer, business-type positions. My dad was a painter, so he knew firsthand how difficult it was to make it as an artist. But at the same time he has been a stock trader too. Ultimately they are not disappointed. My father is an artist, and my mother is artistically inclined, so they know the draw of the arts...
...played [the role of] Dad and Mom when I was in the hospital with Amya,” Chele says. “He stepped up to the plate and didn’t complain; he maintained his grades; he still managed to play sports; all in all, he was the second parent for about nine years...
...because a former sitcom actress told me to be. And to my shock, she told me a fascinating story. My great-grandfather Reuben and his brother left Russia instead of serving in the army. This, it seems, is where I get my bravery from. But later, when Reuben's dad was looking to get the rest of the family out of Russia, he sent family members to scout out New York, Brazil and Argentina and wound up ditching my great-grandfather and taking his eight other kids to Argentina, where they made a lot more money than their American siblings...
...feel like a bus driver, kind of like a dad, [and even] a counselor,” Washington said with a chuckle...