Word: household
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...Harry, second son of Prince Charles and Diana, the prospect of escaping the relentless stalking of the British press on deployment abroad with his colleagues from the elite Household Cavalry could seem like a welcome spell of R&R. Yet the news delivered in a written statement by the British Defense Secretary Des Browne to MPs on Thursday that the 22-year-old prince, third in line to the British throne, will soon find himself patrolling a stretch of southeastern Iraq poses anything but a relaxing prospect for army chiefs. Browne announced that the junior royal will go on active...
...Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicles, each with a crew of three. The Ministry of Defense said that "the decision to deploy him had been a military one, made by the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, in conjunction with Cornet Wales' commanding officer," adding that "the Royal Household has been consulted throughout...
...drugs and debauchery. Talented Juliet, who once dreamed of becoming a famous journalist or distinguished professor, refers to her husband as her “murderer.” Neat-freak Amanda can’t stand her children. Docile Maisie feels stifled within her husband’s household. Independent Christine hates the confinement of her house, and insecure Solly is unfulfilled by her family. See a trend?The themes of “Arlington Park”—dreams and ambitions stripped away by domesticity, spirits and personalities quailed by marriage, energy suppressed and freedom thwarted...
...nineteenth-century relative known as Big Rob. He and two male cousins set out to “try their fortunes” in unsettled territory, and Rob’s practical but detailed description of the three men’s attempts to set up a household is full of the appealing roughness of the frontier. After the cousins bring in the rest of their relatives, it’s only a short time until the story catches up to the birth and life of the narrator, which is when the book really takes off.Munro...
...play all night.” The hook? R. Kelly’s mellifluous voice on the chorus, not to mention the video’s blatant disregard of color. The video opens with Jeezy leaving what appears to be a run of the mill, middle-class household, only to get into what is clearly not a run of the mill Lamborghini. Jeezy dons gigantic sunglasses that serve to make his bald head look extra conical and ridiculous. Jeezy and his “boy Kells” then proceed to pose for the camera while a woman with...