Word: parkes
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...deciding factor against the mother. "A child gains the feeling of security, a safe place by virtue of permanence," said Cashen, who expressed skepticism about the long- term impact of "strangers" on a child's emotional well-being. Smith, a part-time maintenance worker at a local park, lives with his parents and intends to have his mother, a full-time homemaker, look after the girl while he is at work. Judge Cashen is known for an unswerving devotion to "family values." In the late 1970s Cashen took away custody rights from a father who had placed his daughter...
...human and sympathetic. Sam Neill, who originally wanted to play the part of Baines, is particularly fine in the role of Stewart, a good man who loses his head because of jealousy and passion. Here Neill has a role meatier than that of the paleontologist he played in "Jurassic Park." He lives up to the possibilities of the role...
Admas' wife, Margaret A. Young '27-'36, died in1978. He is survived by three daughters--M. EloiseAdams of Bethesda, Ma., Elaine Miller of Madison,Wis., and Barbara Thompson of Oak Park, III. Healso leaves behind seven grandchildren and twosisters, Mary Ella Adams and Lula Hage...
...company is also facing a fire storm of resistance to its projected historical theme park in rural Virginia, which opponents claim will trivialize American history and disfigure the countryside with commercial development. Meanwhile, combined theme-park attendance was down 6% last quarter in Anaheim (lingering effects from fires and earthquakes) and Orlando (fear of Florida's crime wave). At the same time, the studio's expanding movie production to 60 releases a year may have created the danger that many will compete against one another, the way Angie and The Ref did when they were brought out within a week...
...neighbors into a prosperous United States of Abraham. Already Jordanian and Israeli negotiators are constructing what one U.S. official calls "pieces of peace" -- practical ways of linking their countries, like formalizing the sharing of scarce water sources, building a road between Egypt and Jordan through Israel, constructing a joint park around the Dead...