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...white single mother of a 16-year-old African-American son. I have always told him he could be anything he could dream of, and I hoped with all my heart that it was so. I nominate the American people for electing the best presidential candidate, for choosing hope over fear, and for proving to my son that a world of opportunity and possibilities is fully open...
Fisher is, as she puts it, a "product of Hollywood inbreeding": her mother is Debbie Reynolds, and her father is the singer Eddie Fisher. After her father left Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor, Fisher grew up emotionally dependent on her mother, which presented difficulties because her mother was emotionally dependent on being famous. "I really didn't like sharing her," Fisher writes. "It seemed almost unsanitary."(See the 100 best novels of all time...
...five months in Mumbai and has made many friends during his stay, said that he is keeping perspective, but some of his friends are having a more difficult time coping. “A bunch of us are in shock,” he said.On strict orders from his mother, Singh flew to Delhi a few days later to be with his family. A WEDDING GOES ONKunal Raygor ’10 was in India during the terrorist attacks for his cousin’s wedding in Mumbai, supposed to take place two days later. The family was concerned that...
...long as there have been stand-up comedians, there have been mother-in-law jokes, which, let's face it, are one of the easiest ways for male comics to get a cheap chuckle. But new research by a British psychologist shows that women actually have more to complain about when it comes to mothers-in-law. And they're not laughing...
...past 20 years to show that the relationship between female in-laws can be far more tense than the one between a man and his wife's mom. After speaking with 163 people, Apter discovered that more than 60% of women felt that friction with their husband's mother had caused them long-term stress. Despite all the gags, only 15% of men complained that their mothers-in-law caused them headaches. (See the best and worst moms of all time...