Word: hosted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were a "host family" to four au pairs in less than three years, all of them arranged by EF Au Pair, the same Cambridge, Mass., firm that the Eappens used. The spiky-haired one turned out to be our best, by far. She was warm and nurturing. But she disappointed us way too often. We chuckled at little things, like her sunbathing topless when no one was home (a neighbor reported). But it wasn't funny when we learned that she was handing our phone number and address to strangers at bars. Or when she stayed out until...
...Pair so long? The program costs a fraction of what a nanny charges, and the glitches didn't seem insurmountable. Besides, we really did want it to work. So what went wrong? It's clear to me now that there's a tremendous disconnect between au pairs and host families. Many au pairs are oblivious to the daily rigors that await them in tending to small children. Their main aspiration is to be far away from their own homes; girls just wanna have fun. To them, it's an adventure, not a job. But if it's going to work...
...Friday's episode of Jeopardy! Alex Trebek is host to BILL MAHER, ANDREA MITCHELL and OLIVER NORTH. An excerpt...
...program, and while he did lay the foundation for the future, he left Marshall after winning 12 games and losing 42 in five seasons. In 1984 the team had its first winning season in 20 years, and the Herd hasn't had a losing season since. In 1992 host Marshall defeated Youngstown State, 31-28, to win the Division 1-AA championship...
...candidacy for the Lone Star State governorship this week, attracted some pretty impressive folks to his book-signing soiree in Washington not too long ago. We're talking fellow authors Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as best-selling scribe Al Gore. In addition, the First Lady has played host at a fund-raising dinner for Mauro in Washington and plans to follow it with another this month in California. The President's pollster, Mark Penn, has signed on to the race. And all this for a candidate with considerable baggage, including several brushes with ethics scandals, whose prospects were...