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...resonated in the inner chambers of her pure white ear, that only she could save Frederick. Felicity, perhaps, must be forsaken, for even Roxanna knew not how to salvage such a wanton shrew. Frederick—Frederick must be saved. Oh, Gentle Reader, be sure that if this pure maiden of ours had any blemish upon her soul, any indecency to mar her perfection, it was only a propensity to adore and love too greatly. None whom she revered would be harmed, even if she must sacrifice her greatest treasure in order to keep them safe! Roxanna trembled...
...neither. In the end, though, it’s still a “Cinderella” story, which was acknowledged both by the very receptive audience and the same paparazzo snagging a last photo of the bride as the curtain came down. As Cinderella evolves from dreamy chamber-maiden into social royalty, she progresses, with thrilling parallelism, from soft canvas slippers to Swarovski-encrusted pointe shoes. The resulting three-act trajectory surely served as the first foray into the world of tutus and tiaras for many wide-eyed girls in the audience...
Kohler: There's something about the whole story, something about "The Ship of Dreams," - quite literally the most opulent passenger liner - that sank on its maiden voyage. Everything about this wreck was big including the passenger list. It had the elite societies, the richest of the rich. And conversely, it had the poorest of the poor. People who left everything behind, looking for a new life. And when that ship sank, the heavy hand of the sea cut right across them all. The poorest of the poor drowned and died the same as the richest of the rich. And although...
...password retrieval system for Virgin America's Elevate frequent-flyer program, one of several a user may be prompted to answer in order to verify his or her identity. But it's not just Richard Branson's own quirky take on the standard "What's your mother's maiden name?" query, widely used for verification purposes by many banks and e-mail services. These days, security questions are getting more creative because they have to. As we make more and more personal information freely available online via our blogs, Facebook profiles, Flickr photos and Twitter, security questions based on biographical...
...some Internet security consultants advise choosing answers that are correct, but with a twist, which could be as simple as a few numbers at the end of a maiden name, or a pet's name spelled backward...