Word: fatherness
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...father can be proud of his daughter, but Branch's account suggests something more: that Bill looks up to Chelsea and finds the self he never managed to become. She was a source of hope when he was bitter, of perspective when he was self-pitying. Clinton liked doing what he was good at but marvels over Chelsea's devotion to ballet, how her feet bled after practice, how she worked hard at it because she loved it regardless of how good she was at it. "I've always admired that," Clinton says. "I've wondered whether I could ever...
...side, the faults transcended, the ego contained. Clinton had great advantages as a parent, but unique challenges as well, and he rose to them in a way people sensed but rarely saw; a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll in 1997 found that 81% of respondents thought he had been a good father, even though that was the role he played most privately. For her sake, he hid what was best in himself. That's worth remembering the next time we imagine we ever really know the people we judge...
...Sept. 19 arrest of two Afghan-born men in connection with plans to bomb targets in the U.S. has left FBI agents frustrated. They had not intended to swoop on their prey quite so soon. Had an informant not tipped off alleged plotters Najibullah Zazi and his father Mohammed, they might still be free men--and useful assets in the hunt for terrorist networks...
Najibullah, meanwhile, flew back to Denver, where he agreed to be questioned by the FBI but stopped cooperating after three days of interviews. He and his father were then arrested; both men deny plotting a terrorist strike. Afzali, who was taken into custody in New York, denies alerting the Zazis to the investigation...
...child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark," Paul Deschenes, Amy's father, wrote on his website dedicated to battling the injustice he believed his daughter had suffered. In November 2008, Amy was suspended from George Bush High School in Fort Bend, a suburb of Houston, despite being a member of the National Honor Society and a student leader. Fortunately, she managed to focus on her studies while attending a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) and even boosted her academic ranking while in exile, from 11th in her class to ninth...