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...Seinfeld, who has an older sister, Carolyn Liebling, describes his parents, Kal and Betty Seinfeld, as loving "but not interested in a good way." Seinfeld's mother had grown up in orphanages and foster care. His father, who owned a sign-making business, came from a broken home. "They were loners," says Seinfeld. "They kind of raised us in a very hands-off way. I said, 'I want to be a comedian.' They said, 'Oh, well, we look forward to hearing about it.'" When his father died in 1985, Seinfeld was already a successful comedian who had appeared...
...conviction of religious leader Warren Jeffs - self-proclaimed Prophet to the largest polygamist group in North America - was a victory for a new tactic being used by prosecutors in western states. The problem: polygamist churches that were marrying off young girls to older men, some brides as young as 14 and often closely related to their husbands. The proposed solution: go after the church leaders as accessories to rape...
...Bush also has a history of overpledging and underdelivering on some of his high-minded promises. His former faith-based outreach chief, David Kuo, has savaged Bush for not sufficiently funding the programs he promoted. Some of Bush's new, unilateral foreign aid programs have drained funds from older, multilateral ones. "He cuts certain programs to fund others," says Senate aide Rieser. "He just cares about his own initiatives." While proposing to boost funding this year for his overseas disease-fighting program, PEPFAR, for example, Bush suggested cutting funding for the U.N.'s Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis...
Unlike her older brother and sister, who became doctors, she was drawn early on to an environment of "quality and beauty," Hermann says. She aimed high for l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), one of Europe's best business schools, but that meant moving to Paris alone at age 16 for a two-year prep course. The girl from the provinces was lonely in the beautiful city and distracted herself on weekends by shopping, she says, "to be out among people...
...just feel like I’m much better prepared,” O’Hagan says. “I’m older, more mature, more experienced. I’ve played a lot more games, everything just feels slower. I feel a lot more comfortable on the field...