Word: orphaning
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...held up by Oliver’s character, and Clark’s exaggeratedly sad eyes just don’t seem believable. Maybe he’s not mature enough as an actor (or as a kid) to express the pain felt by a young, unwanted orphan...
...Aero Engines is a recent example. The Munich-based company, which builds and services civil and military aircraft engines, used to be a part of Daimler. But after that company merged most of its aircraft operations with a French rival in 2000, MTU was left behind, an orphan inside the huge automaker. To make matters worse, the market for air engines nose-dived after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Daimler soon looked for a buyer. KKR stepped in and took MTU private in November 2003. Since then it has replaced several top managers, including the chief executive...
Granted, Rowling's books begin like invitations to garden-variety escapism: Ooh, Harry isn't really a poor orphan; he's actually a wealthy wizard who rides a secret train to a castle, and so on. But as they go on, you realize that while the fun stuff is pure cotton candy, the problems are very real--embarrassment, prejudice, depression, anger, poverty, death. "I was trying to subvert the genre," Rowling explains bluntly. "Harry goes off into this magical world, and is it any better than the world he's left? Only because he meets nicer people. Magic does...
...misplaced, perverted, denied, repressed and obsessive. Rowling plays that theme as both comedy--watch for the long-suffering Ron to get dosed with a love potion--and tragedy. The story of Voldemort's early life plays as a dark parody of Harry's--Voldemort too was a Muggle-raised orphan, desperate to feel special--but while Harry's power comes from his mother's true, pure love, Voldemort is the product of a twisted, sorcerously coerced love, from which only evil could arise...
...blessed mother of Cambodian-born MADDOX, 3, is apparently more interested in world peace than in procreation and has adopted internationally again. With much buzzed-about co-star Brad Pitt accompanying her--but not sharing in the adoption--Jolie picked up 5-month-old baby Zahara Marley, an AIDS orphan, in Ethiopia, last week. Maddox and she "are very happy to have a new addition to our family," Jolie told People. Aww ... How long before Zahara has her own punk-rock 'do just like her brother...