Word: rebekah
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Creating the sort of confusion perhaps not seen since the papal schism of 1378, two women claim to be the rightful holder of the title of Miss North Carolina. In June REBEKAH REVELS, bottom, won the state pageant and the honor of competing for Miss America. But then a former--and clearly still bitter--boyfriend wrote pageant officials offering to share two topless pictures of Revels he took several years ago (without her knowledge while she was dressing, she claims). Revels resigned, and the crown passed to first runner-up MISTY CLYMER, left. Revels, however, had a change of heart...
...glad I competed for the Crimson all four of my years in Cambridge,” said senior distance ace Rebekah Lorenz. “This year was our best season since I arrived. We had our strongest showing at Ivies and I am proud of our team...
...second half of overtime began, Brown’s Christine Anneberg had a chance to score, but couldn’t finish. Only 36 seconds in, though, Rebekah Rottenberg completed a hat trick to knot the score...
...convince myself not to have these feelings," she recalls, "that I went to the Bible looking for confirmation that it was wrong. And what I found was the exact opposite: support for cousin marriages." The patriarch Jacob married two of his first cousins, Rachel and Leah; Isaac and Rebekah were first cousins once removed. (The Roman Catholic Church has opposed cousin marriages for more than a millennium but gives dispensation to couples considered worthy.) Smith married Mark in 1999; this year she founded a group called CUDDLE--Cousins United to Defeat Discriminating Laws through Education...
Still, most parents are uneasy with the idea of a man caring for their children, fearing that men are incapable of nurturing kids or--this dark thought is rarely expressed--prone to pedophilia. Rebekah Zincavage, a director at the Boston Nanny Center, which employs 300 nannies, 15 of them men, says a female nanny will get two offers after eight interviews, while a man will go on 30 interviews for the same result. "The men are stellar, with more experience than many women, but they have to be twice as good. People are skeptical...