Word: lovelies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case of the Beetle, that meant a simple car that reminded us of the Love Bug but didn't leave us feeling like antiques collectors. There is very little that is practical about the Volkswagen Beetle. But like the great cars of yore, it has a personality that lets buyers say, "Look at me!" And so dealers haven't been able to keep them in stock. "The new Beetle fails at most categories," says Nissan's Hirshberg. "The only thing it doesn't fail in is drop-dead charm...
...descent into elder-care hell began in 1995, when my mother, then 69, was found to have Lou Gehrig's disease. It robbed her first of her speech (and boy, how she had loved to talk!), then of movement of her limbs. My mom and I had lots of issues never resolved since my teenage years. But rather than get therapy, I decided to spend more time with her, taking months off from work to listen to old records, watch Masterpiece Theatre videotapes and look at family pictures with her. I found old notes from her years as a decorator...
...their families. I don't loathe my dad anymore. I cry a lot. Sitting down to a margarita and a beer (nonalcoholic these days) at El Torito with him again recently, I felt forlorn and, oddly enough, lucky too. Lucky to have discovered late in life how to love all over again. I only wish he could understand the wonderful gift he's given...
...Gardens of Towne Lake in Woodstock, Ga., a landscaped complex where about two dozen seniors live in their own apartments and have round-the-clock staff members to help with daily tasks such as dressing and bathing. There are regular social events. There's a beauty shop. "I love living here," she says. "I got out that first day to learn names...
...Those skeptics include the lawyers bringing a wrongful-death suit against the government, backwoods militia types (who love to talk about a tape that supposedly shows the FBI using a flamethrower on the compound) and of course Republicans. Thursday, with Republican supersleuth Dan Burton champing at the bit in the House, and Senate FBI watchdog Charles Grassley calling Coulson?s admission "a serious development in terms of further erosion of the FBI's credibility," a suitably peeved Attorney General Janet Reno hurried to get the official ducks back in a row. "The important thing is to keep going until...