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...bring...a corsage—invariably a beautiful orchid with a clip attached, that allowed the women to wear the flower on their elegant dress," Handlin wrote. "Donald was also a splendid dancer and in the really olden days could be counted upon to sweep his partner off the floor with flourish and grace...
...Obama might steer the spotlight away from Clinton's delegates by making actual news of his own. He would be the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to spring his running mate on the gathered conventioneers, and if his choice is popular on the floor, he might even buy a couple of peaceful news cycles...
...never been employed. A high-school dropout, he has almost no chance of landing a good job in the education-obsessed marketplace of modern China. His parents divorced when he was a child, so he lives with his father and grandfather in a sixth floor walk-up in a crumbling, Soviet-style apartment block near the center of this ancient metropolis. Mao's father owns the apartment, a sign of his moderate success in international trade. But as solid as his living situation is, Mao Ce, and others like him, can feel left behind in today's China where freedom...
...never forget the work and the kindness and the personal attention that he has given to them," he said. John Edwards knew that from experience. Before Edwards ever entered politics, Helms heard about the death of his teen-age son, Wade, in a car accident and went to the floor of the Senate to enter into the Congressional Record an essay that Wade Edwards had written about the meaning of patriotism
...Only recently have McCain's aides urged him to pull back from the pastime. In the heat of the G.O.P. primary fight last spring, he announced on a visit to the Vegas Strip that he was going to the casino floor. When his aides stopped him, fearing a public relations disaster, McCain suggested that they ask the casino to take a craps table to a private room, a high-roller privilege McCain had indulged in before. His aides, with alarm bells ringing, refused again, according to two accounts of the discussion...