Word: heirloom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Secondly, although victory was not to be had, the Democrats can take pride in making the Republicans work for what should have been easy wins. As Democratic Party National Chair Steve Grossman commented, "These races were uphill battles for us--the Staten Island congressional seat is a Molinari family heirloom, Christie Whitman is the darling of the national Republican Party, and Republicans have an 11 percent advantage over us in party identification in Virginia. Yet we still gave the Republicans a run for their money...
...whoever you see in front of you"--and that includes his Asian side. "The influence of Tiger's mother Kultida in his life is very important," declares a family friend. "He goes to the temple with her occasionally. She's a devout Buddhist. He wears a family heirloom Buddha around his neck. He's a hybrid of a lot of things, and that's how he sees himself. He honestly sees himself as a somewhat separate person from the norm--not in terms of talent but in terms of his makeup...
Bosomefi finally sparks his mother's fury when be gives the Governor a precious family heirloom which honors the spirit of his ancestors. After a confrontation with his mother, be realizes his transgressions, but the 'natives' are not willing to accept him, and the British feel that be is acting rebellious. Overall, Ansah creates a riveting film, but be should have felt compelled to cut certain explicitly violent scenes which ruin the eloquence of "Heritage Africa...
People who are restoring old houses want old plants -- the heirloom varieties. Nativist gardeners are looking to plant only native plants, nothing that would not have been here before the colonists arrived. Herb gardeners can choose from 10 different kinds of basil, including licorice. Others want to plant "wild gardens" that are designed to provide food for critters. And there are ways to make more critters part of natural dacor: the Sharper Image catalog offers three different sizes of bat houses built of red cedar. The company claims each bat will consume up to 600 mosquitoes an hour; the biggest...
Blessed by his bloodlines, Edward Moore Kennedy should have been able to count on the adjective "incumbent" as a perpetual political heirloom. Even in this season of electoral discontent with the vagaries and pomposities of politics, his Kennedy and Fitzgerald legacy retains magic. In spite of scandal, the Senator still polls a "favorable" rating of 57%. But Kennedy is discovering that admiration no longer translates into support...