Word: mothered
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...late '70s, my mother, frustrated at the lack of care and attention given to special-education children, who actually had fewer school hours and more days off than "normal" children did, opened her own day-care center for the developmentally disabled. By this time, Noah was 14 and as tall as my mother. My father, already in his 50s, was soon diagnosed with a heart problem; he has since had open-heart surgery. My mother, who had been Noah's most assiduous and faithful teacher, spending hours a day at a table in his room, constantly trying...
...Copney, whose father is a retired New York police officer and whose mother worked for the City of New York, graduated from a performing arts high school in the city. At 15, he wrote "Feelin’ It," a song performed by the R&B/pop group New Edition...
Copney, whose father is a retired New York police officer and mother worked for New York City, graduated from a performing arts high school in New York. At 15, he wrote "Feelin' It," performed by the R&B/pop group New Edition...
...moving to Washington. "I was like, no," she says. "All my support is the support you build up over the years. It is my mom, girlfriends - you move away from everything." But when he won the White House, Michelle effectively moved her support system with her, not just her mother but old friends who are scattered throughout both the East and West wings. Other longtime Chicago friends are occasional visitors and joined the Obamas for spring break, as they have for the past several years - but this year the gathering took place at Camp David. Among the traditions...
...fruit vendor became the cause of thousands of passing commuters. Around 11 a.m., as Su and her family were trying to make a few sales, a white van swooped in. At least 10 men jumped out and began confiscating the family's fruit and three-wheeled cart. "My mother would not let them take the cart," says Su's daughter, Yuan Fang. "But the young men were hot-tempered, and they started hitting...