Word: heirloom
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Political dynasties are nothing new, but these days elected offices seem to be replacing pocket watches as the heirloom of choice. Lifting a page from Dubya's book, some Dems have expressed a desire for their...
...candidates, they were looking elsewhere for comfort. After the Florida Supreme Court threw them a lifeline, Joe and Hadassah Lieberman arrived at the Vice President's mansion Friday night bearing wine, a salt shaker, a wineglass and a cloth that is a family heirloom. Tipper had already set out candles, and the two couples slipped away for a private moment of prayer and reflection, later celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, and savoring rebirth, for however long it lasted...
Finally, the FDO should develop some mechanism through which students can request exceptions. One student was separated from a menorah, a family heirloom, that had no evidence of use. An agreement not to use such religious items should be enough to allow students to keep them...
Another student said she resented the confiscation of her menorah, which showed no evidence of use and was a family heirloom...
...professed lack of interest in athletics. Tradition is crucial in the clan; some ancestors arrived in America via Jamestown in 1607, and before relocating to Texas, the Darlings were a "landed family" in South Carolina and Alabama. The name "Sterling Price Adams Darling Jr." is itself an heirloom, not a pseudo-WASP creation of his parents. It's no wonder that the modern day Darling looks and acts like a relic from the antebellum South. "I don't even own a pair of jeans," he blithely asserts. He tempers that statement with the admission that he did own one pair...