Word: mother
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...insisted that he was innocent both of the criminal charges and of any sexual relationship with Scott. In a written statement at the end of the trial, Thorpe called the verdict "totally fair, just and a complete vindication." Then he embraced his wife, a former concert pianist, and his mother, both of whom had attended the trial, and climbed into his old black Humber. He said he intended to take a short rest with his family, away from the glare of publicity...
...rather startling drama began when Victoria, who was adopted at three, learned she had been born in the old Massachusetts mill town of Lawrence. When she sought her roots at the town hall, a clerk cheerfully gave her the names of her brother David and their natural mother, as well as their addresses-"information," an official conceded, "that shouldn't have been in there...
Evelyn King, a housewife and mother in her 50s, says that she was already plagued by insomnia in infancy. By college, King was resorting to barbiturates, but still she rarely dozed off before 3 a.m. Her life became a struggle. Any activity before noon was agonizingly difficult...
...father, God bless him, would have burst his buttons. My blessed mother would have been running from door to door to tell the neighbors the good news." Neither, alas, was alive to see their distinguished son Frank Sinatra invested as a grande ufficiale al merito della repubblica italiana. The citation read by Amedeo Cerchione, Italian consul general in Los Angeles, ranked Sinatra a "great and meritorious official of the Italian republic" for his philanthropic work, the prestige he has brought Italy as an Italian American and, of course, because he has "proved himself a brilliant actor, a most capable interpreter...
Euell Gibbons chows down at Conscious Cookery behind Coolidge Bank, where the Sikhs serve up wholesome health food on the You-Can't-Fool-Mother-Nature principle. Especially good are the avocado and alfalfa sprouts sandwich, and the generous salads. In the same area, Sails serves tuna with good taste Charlie. At Grendel's next door, Hrothgar isn't welcome, but Beowulf comes anyway, for the chocolate fondue and salad...