Word: godsends
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...Congressman Tom DeLay, who called down fire and brimstone upon the American judiciary. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today," said the congressional jihadist, whose unholy combination of ethical relativism and moral vitriol has been, well, a godsend for Democrats...
...projects. Even the heads of boarding schools report that some parents are moving to live closer to their child's school so that they can be on hand and go to all the games. As budgets shrink and educational demands grow, that extra army of helpers can be a godsend to strapped schools...
...probably haven’t seen a movie like this since, well since Robert De Niro helped bring us last year’s divinely dreadful Godsend (in fact, if you had any sense, you didn’t see that one either). Apparently, heavenly lightning and/or mediocre studio executives strike twice and some moviegoers will now have to sit through the drudgery that is Hide and Seek...
Planners with specific expertise can be a godsend. For example, Dee Reeves, a hair-salon owner whose son Sean, 32, has Down syndrome, found the right professional advice with financial planner Mary Anne Ehlert 11 years ago. Eighty percent of Ehlert's business--which includes the services of staff social workers--is devoted to helping families with disabled children, spouses and parents navigate both their finances and the social-service system. Ehlert is trying to create a special designation for other financial advisers across the country who want to work with similar clients. Ehlert's 16-person firm, based...
Scores of older Americans like Sigmond are finding that there's help for the downsizing headache. Moving consultants (or relocation specialists) focusing on the elderly have been sprouting up around the country and can be a godsend to those who don't want to wade through a move alone. Often they are summoned by adult children too busy or too distant to help parents uproot from a family home or from one level of care to another in a retirement community...