Word: mumness
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...landscape of Pauline's and Juliet's minds as a fetid garden, where fairytale plots of courtly love and castle intrigue blot out their edgy lives at home and school. The girls' vision of Borovnia utterly mesmerizes them. Anyone who would break the spell -- like Pauline's sweet, anxious mum -- must be a witch. Must be sentenced to death...
Abortion rights supporters who always suspected Barbara Bush was on their side were right. In an interview for the ABC newsmagazine 20/20, to be aired Sept. 9, the former First Lady says she backs a woman's right to choose, but kept mum during her pro-life husband's tenures as president and vice president. She also says George never waffled on the issue, as is rumored: "He thinks it's killing." Pro-choicers are giving the announcement a cool reception. Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion Rights Action League, told TIME Daily: "Her public support comes a little...
...Green simply dislikes administrative work and prefers the academic side of Harvard life, he should say so. If Green and Rudenstine differ over how to run the University, they should just admit it--it's nothing to be ashamed of. But the longer they keep mum, and refuse to give us a legitimate reason for the Provost's departure, the more their reticence raises questions...
...other city councillors are mum--that'spathetic," Kaufman said...
...while others only had to work for half an hour for half a cent, and the people who worked all day were supposed to be happy. Or, worse yet, there is the one about the younger sibling who runs away with half the money but when he returns, his mum and dad throw him a party and make his older brother share what's left. Now, as an older sibling, I know that's just not fair...