Word: daughterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daughter of Nashville session man Fred Carter Jr. proves that her quadruple-platinum CD Did I Shave My Legs for This? was no fluke. Indeed, it was just a hint of Deana's daring, of her composing gifts and rangy taste: country, rock, power pop. In a sly, dry, sweetly froggy voice that weirdly suggests young Bobby of King of the Hill, Carter draws four-minute portraits of unfulfilled wives (Absence of the Heart), vengeful losers with an urge to arson (Dickson County), abandoned kids whose saving grace is not knowing when to quit (Angels Working Overtime). Twelve songs...
...charitable pursuits at home and in foreign countries. He has opened a mission in Honduras and supervised construction of a cathedral in Nicaragua. More recently Monaghan has bankrolled Catholic elementary schools in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a Catholic liberal arts college in nearby Ypsilanti. "He loves his charities," says daughter Maggie, a Domino's spokeswoman. "He wanted to leave before he becomes too old to enjoy the benefits of his charity work...
...would expect Reeve Lindbergh '67 to be fascinated by airplanes. After all, she is the daughter of Charles Lindbergh, who became instantly famous upon his completion of the first transatlantic airplane flight in May 1927, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a well-known author and an accomplished aviator herself. But in her new memoir, Under a Wing, Lindbergh quickly demystifies flying with Charles Lindbergh: "I know many people would yearn to have had the same experience, but as far as I was concerned, I was just sitting in the rear cockpit of a very small airplane, feeling a little sick...
Leaning heavily on the fence between the bleachers and the track, Bob Gray, flanked by his teenage son and daughter, sports a shiny black windbreaker with "The Raymond Wildcats" sewn across the back in yellow script. "It's the name of my driving club," he explains. "A bunch of my buddies and I, we all do this." Fresh from his last run of the night, he peers out through slightly tinted glasses at the assembly-line progression of cars that advance to the starting line, then spurt, roaring, down the track. The small tarmac crew motions the cars into position...
...Menu Daughter, despite her inconsistentpronunciations, holds the distinction of being thefirst female voice on the recordings...