Word: mother
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...kids have become great givers because of the reality show. The youngest one has gotten better in school because of the show, because their job is to be better - not better than anyone else but better than they were before. My kids don't act up too bad. Their mother is a disciplinarian and she's a good mother. When I'm with them, they're pretty resilient in their goodness. When I take them to a yoga class, Ming Lee, she's eight, and she knows to keep a smile and breathe. She knows...
...onscreen chemistry. Children grow up, and their star power rarely lasts. But when the meat turns cold and heads for the B-list, Iris is still sitting at the high table, waiting for another helping of Kobe beef.The Times’ article quotes River Phoenix’s mother as saying, “[Burton] was like a mother bear when it came to protecting these kids—not just my kids, but all the talent she represented.” In the case of most child actors, though, another parent is the last thing they need.Subjected to just...
...Petersburg following his mother’s strange midnight call to his apartment in London. “Come tomorrow. Promise me,” she had demanded with mysterious urgency the night before. Gabriel obeys, traveling to Russia and taxiing over to her apartment only to find his mother dead on the floor. All similarities to Dan Brown, thankfully, stop there. Instead of the murder mystery suggested by the novel’s first few chapters, Docx gives us a dark, intriguing, thoughtful study of the ripples that emanate from Maria Glover’s death, which?...
...rules they are given; when Djata’s grandfather tells him to shoot a cat in the head, he unthinkingly does as he is told. Such is the mechanism with which Djata copes with the world: he doesn’t think about what is painful. When his mother cries, he pretends it is not happening and continues to play with his toys. When he has to sell all of his toys, he first makes a mental list, but once it is time to put them in a box, he does it without thought or hesitation. The narrative reflects...
Once or twice a month, there is an excuse for a party. My editor is here for her daughter's wedding. My friend the art collector wants to meet my friend the art curator. My mother's birthday is today and we should make pot stickers to remember that she made them better. Take-out Chinese food arrives along with the first guest. The rooms fill slowly, then suddenly. The air grows warm with words. On cold nights, the partygoers borrow sweaters and wraps to stand outside on the deck. In autumn, they watch the moon rise and the island...