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...alley cat named Fritz. She confesses to "a love for the cuddliness, the softness of cats." Reporter-Researcher Georgia Harbison, who contributed much of the reporting for the cover, provides a home for Victoria, a ten-year-old Persian Angora with silky white hair and green eyes. Fond though she is of Victoria, Harbison stops short of a blanket endorsement of the whole species. Says she: "Victoria is not like a lot of other cats. She is extremely affectionate, and she'll flirt with strangers because she wants to be petted." Any such offerings of affection are wasted...
Fisher is fond of composing balance sheets for decision-makers. A cost-benefit analysis of the merits of reading his new tract tilts heavily towards "no way." Follow these four simple steps that Getting to YES suggests, and your problems will disappear. That is, at best, an untenable proposition...
Cuban dealers favor Mercedes Benzes and bodyguards dressed in dark suits and carrying two guns (one under the coat and one strapped to the ankle). José Medrano Alvero Cruz, nicknamed El Padrino, always travels in a Rolls-Royce protected by cars full of bodyguards. Alvero, who is fond of listening to the theme song from The Godfather on his car stereo, never talks on the telephone and keeps himself insulated from any drug deal through relatives and friends. Nevertheless, he was recently convicted for tax evasion...
...slight majority of those who place personals are men. Most draw a creditable picture of themselves: sensitive, traveled, adventurous, well educated, fond of outdoor sports, sunsets, music, conversation and dining out. Many note that they are nonsmokers and drink moderately, if at all. Backpacking seems to be a prime recreation. For the most part, they picture themselves as moderately attractive. One male describes himself as "better than Redford," but another confesses he is "devastatingly average." Next to physical appearance, the most frequently mentioned attraction is financial security. In a recent letter to the editor, one reader complained of the emphasis...
That's just the way they are.' " Throughout the shooting, Hepburn played the fond or firm parent to Jane?so much so that Jane says, "I couldn't help fantasizing what would have happened if she and my dad had become lovers 40 years ago, and Kate had been my mother." It was Hepburn whose daunting presence made Jane realize she would have to perform a key scene?a difficult backflip into Golden Pond herself?without a stunt woman. Mama Kate's lesson: "If a child never learns to overcome its fears it will become soggy...