Word: fond
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...larger everyday that is seemingly completely ignored: the vegetarians. I am one of them. I have always eaten meat. My parents are big meat-eaters and we had meat in our house about three or four times a week. When I arrived at Harvard, I stopped eating meat. Not fond of the way it was prepared at this school, I decided to try and find alternatives to meat to fulfill the need for protein and to satisfy my hunger...
...Fond of movies, she first invested in Hollywood studios, including Universal and Paramount, and kept a tally of their attendance rates. She also bought stock in about 100 blue chips and large franchise corporations, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, and drug companies like Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough. Her investments grew quickly, says William Fay, her stockbroker for 25 years. "After World War II, stocks really took off. While $5,000 sounds like a nominal amount, it could have increased fivefold in five years," says Fay, who retired from Merrill Lynch two years ago. At Scheiber's death...
GENERAL POWELL WITH HIS HONESTY, sincerity, loyalty and common sense would never fit in or survive in Washington. Why throw a perfectly good apple into a bushel filled with rotten ones? GEORGE S. KULAS Fond du Lac, Wisconsin...
...parenting classes at the local ywca, and he enrolled one-year-old Elisa in the Y's Montessori preschool. She was a favorite pupil. Says the school's then director, Phyllis Bryce: "She was beautiful, radiant. She had an inner strength and a lot of potential for growth." So fond of both father and daughter were the Montessori staff members that when Izquierdo fell behind on tuition, they recommended his daughter to Prince Michael of Greece...
...believe that there is anyone who is particularly fond of divorce. Nor is marriage a contract to be treated lightly. Two people who choose to marry should intend to stick with it for life. But the experiences of a lifetime can alter a situation dramatically. If a woman discovers that her face has been permanently damaged by a violent husband, should she try to work it out to maintain the institution of marriage? I am being slightly unfair in this point, since both Lat and the Pope concede that physical separation may be necessary in the case of abusive relationships...