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...Fame in America came to Mei-ling in a more serendipitous fashion. In late 1942, a painful skin disease brought her to a New York hospital. Upon her release, she was invited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, to stay at the White House for a week. Yet even as his guest was enthralling his nation, Roosevelt was wary of Mei-ling's formidable charm. One night at dinner, the President asked in passing how she would deal with a troublesome labor leader like John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Without missing a beat, Madame...
...trainer at the Keepers of the Wild animal sanctuary in Golden Valley, Ariz. While it might sound like a bizarre coincidence, the fact is that tiger attacks are not all that rare in the U.S. Between 1998 and 2001, according to a study by Philip Nyhus of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., there were no fewer than seven fatal tiger attacks and at least 20 more that required emergency care. Since 1999, two children--a girl, 10, and a boy, 3--have died in the jaws of pet tigers in Texas alone...
Name: Paris Eustace Geller (“Gilmore Girls”; Liza Weil)School: Yale University (Calhoun College) Projected Year of Yale Graduation: 2007 Chilton Activities: Editor-in-Chief of The Franklin; Student Body President Chilton Honors: Class Salutatorian Harvard Memories: A Harvard legacy many times over, Paris is not accepted to fair Harvard and instead (surprise, surprise) winds up as Rory’s roommate at Yale. Memorable Quote: “I didn’t get into Harvard...
Name: Rory Gilmore (“Gilmore Girls”; Alexis Bledel)School: Yale University (Calhoun College) Projected Year of Yale Graduation: 2007 Chilton Activities: Reporter for The Franklin; Student Body Vice President
...Junior Bush is related to no fewer than 16 former Presidents, but the all time record holder is Franklin Delano Roosevelt who has ancestral connections to 17 presidents,” he says...