Word: orphaned
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...side of quashing ambiguity, both telling and showing when one would probably do. So we have known for a while that Voldemort cannot love, that he has been spiritually ruined by his parents' deaths, and he will kill anyone to stave off his own death. Harry, though also an orphan, has found the courage to love. "Do not pity the dead, Harry," a wise man tells Harry in Deathly Hallows. "Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love." Characterologically speaking, the greatest question that remains in Hallows might be whether Harry can do this - that is, whether...
Julia Roberts gives birth to her third child, a boy named Henry Daniel Moder. Celeb watcher DEFAMER apologizes for the relative lack of media attention leading up to the birth: "We've been so consumed with Angelina Jolie's every orphan-collecting whim that we've allowed ourselves to fall tragically out of touch with the Most Powerful Womb in Hollywood." SCORE...
While Atget's work is enjoyably accessible, Atget the man remains an underexposed negative. An orphan, he was raised by an uncle in Bordeaux and worked as a cabin boy on transatlantic steamers before trying his hand at acting and painting. He retained his bohemian affection for the working man, and - much like French foes of globalization today - worried about the petty tradesmen and merchants threatened by modernization and the rise of big Paris department stores. Thus, the Bibliothèque Nationale show includes affectionate portraits of herb sellers, junk dealers and wine merchants, as well as shots...
...none of that seems to deter Alem?n's revived presidential ambitions, nor does he appear too concerned about the legal provision that prevents prison inmates from running for office. Instead, Alem?n is out on the road campaigning in old form, with more optimism than Orphan Annie, more money than Daddy Warbucks, more jolliness than Santa Clause and a political charisma that - pound for pound - rivals Bill Clinton. And in Nicaragua, that combination trumps reality...
Athineos, who is actively involved with the WWO, founded by New York City's "orphan doctor," Jane Aronson, picked the right company to call. Brown and Cirronis, who adopted a baby girl from Nepal in 2005, had watched a documentary on the plight of African orphans just the night before and were searching for a way to help. Businesswise, they had been contemplating the introduction of a more affordable range of their Erbaviva brand. In short, the timing was "amazing," says Brown...