Word: mother
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...been my impression for many years that we are creatures of evolution - as far as Mother Nature is concerned, whatever works wins [Jan. 28]. Obviously, heterosexuality has won out. The sexual attractiveness of women to men and vice versa is genetic, as modified by the environment. Although many marriages are initially based on sex, the success of a good marriage relies on the ability of two people to get along. That demands a democracy in which both accept each other as equals and help each other in a loving, kind way. They do not take advantage of their mate...
...ECAC Hockey effort to support Coaches vs. Cancer and the American Cancer Society. “[Claudia] coached me here for three years and was a player at Harvard on the national championship team of ’99,” Cahow said. “Her mother passed away of breast cancer a few years back, so this game has very special meaning for us.” For Harvard, 17 players took the ice at some point during Friday’s game with eight different players contributing to the goal and assist count...
...Such broadly philosophical questions permeate the novel—at times to the point of oversaturation—but Schlink’s narrative is also touchingly sympathetic to the characters of this post-World War II odyssey.The novel’s protagonist, Peter Debauer, grew up with his mother in Germany, spending summers at his paternal grandparents’ home in Switzerland. He knew his father through photographs and stories that his grandparents told him; his mother informed him only that his father had been shot during the War. As a child, he kept his grandparents company while they...
...will say this for her: I have no idea where she gets those pants suits. I have never ever seen them in any store. Horrific hip-length jacket with ankle-skimming capri pants in matching puke brown is a combination I literally thought was impossible to buy. My mother helpfully suggested that Hillary is in the shape of a perfect pear, and thus, it is impossible to buy anything except a hip length jacket. This may be true. I also realize that she is trying to be taken seriously by an all-male establishment that only likes her when...
...synthetic O.C. ditzes to an axe-wielding thirst for bimbo blood. “The Nun’s Litany,” a bouncing bit of angelic gloss, elaborates on the various (and explicit) ways a woman of the cloth wishes to violate her vows to spite her mother. “Zombie Boy,” a silly shot at sinister post-punk, features Merritt courting an undead paramour.Aside from the perennial envelope pushing, “Distortion” boasts quite a few otherwise solid tunes. “Old Fools” finds Merritt lamenting...