Word: mother
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sure, you'll receive criticism for doing a feature article on Obama's mother. But we have all heard in detail about the lives of Clinton and McCain, including McCain's having been a POW. Thank you for giving us Obama's fascinating history. Guy C. Taylor, Waipahu, Hawaii...
...only forcing the frail-looking boy to miss school for a week or two every few months while he searches hospital by hospital for some relief, but dragging his uninsured family into debt when they should be benefiting from India's economic boom. Together, Abhishek's parents - his mother Sunita is a clerk in a local government office in the northern city of Farrukhabad, his father Sunil works in a small clothes shop - make just under $200 a month, no fortune but enough to buy a small TV for their modest home. They would have bought a motorbike too, Sunil...
...campaign flyer. Then there's the contrived photo of the Senator's well-worn soles, with a copy of his book in view, that looks like a modern-day version of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The icing on the cake is your cover story, "A Mother's Story," which serves as a convenient valentine to the Obama campaign just weeks before the Pennsylvania primary. Craig Garshelis, SAN FRANCISCO...
...Your April 21 cover story should have been titled "Raising Obama: A Grandmother's Story." It would have resonated more had there been more focus on Obama's life with the grandparents who raised him and less delicate tiptoeing around his mother's often unfortunate choices and impetuous decisions. Linda Dahlheimer, ST. LOUIS...
...Quebecer originally from Pakistan, I was thrilled to learn that Obama's mother spoke French and beginner's Urdu. I hope her bright son wins the presidential race and enters the White House as a humble and humane President caring for the whole of humanity, irrespective of color, race or nationality. Jalal Hussain, BROSSARD, QUEBEC, CANADA...