Word: hugging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought maybe she was just strong willed," Charlene said. By the time they put four-year-old Erin in preschool near their home in a town south of Los Angeles, "she couldn't keep her hands to herself," Charlene says. "She would hit other kids. And she would hug anyone at any time. She would hold hands when other kids didn't want to. She would do pesky, bothersome things to kids, like touching their hair or their sweaters. It was as if, since she couldn't make friends, she was saying, 'I'm going to get you to relate...
...with her two children, Christopher, 3, and Beatrice, 13 months, makes all the difference to her job. The company's on-site, full-service day-care center allows Lechler to see her kids anytime during the workday if they aren't feeling well--or if they just need a hug from Mom. She pays the company about $165 a week for Christopher's care and $150 a week for Beatrice's, which, Lechler says, costs her about 20% less than some independent day-care centers located near her home. The company center cares for about 90 children; next year...
...concession speech spoke to us more than any other speech ever had. We identified with D'Amato's call to "my New Yorkers" and yearned for a hug. For we felt as if we, too, had lost. Dartboard is still employed, but with a Clinton-defending "feminist" representative, and two liberal senators, Dartboard also felt silenced. The voters of New York had stolen our voice...
...When I left Cheyenne for Laramie," Korhonen remembers, "my father said, 'I know you're very proud of who you are, but please, please watch yourself because there are people who will want to destroy you simply because of who you are.' I gave him a big hug and said, 'I know.' And then the first thing I saw when I got to Laramie was a bumper sticker that said HATRED IS A FAMILY VIRTUE...
...SECRETS AND LIES (1996) Monica Lewinsky gives Bill a big hug on the rope line...