Word: ruth
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...Ruth Owens, 57, understands this first hand. She was living on social security disability when Discover Bank sued her for breach of contract for failing to pay $5,564 in fees and interest on a $1,900 debt. In 2004, a Cleveland, Ohio municipal judge not only barred Discover from collecting any more money from Owens, but scolded Discover for its "unreasonable, unconscionable and unjust business practice...
Your summary of the New Hampshire election slighted John Edwards. He has neither Clinton's baggage nor Obama's inexperience, and he deserves better coverage of his excellent proposals. Ruth Troetschler, LOS ALTOS, CALIF...
...1950S WAS NOT THE most welcoming era for racy performers. So when singer-songwriter Ruth Wallis belted out risqué novelty tunes like The Dinghy Song--about Davy, who had the "cutest little dinghy in the Navy"--in élite cabaret clubs, the media refused to cover her, deeming her lyrics and titles too scandalous. Audiences loved them, however, and the "Queen of the Party Song" became a sensation on stages across the country. Among other favorites: Stay out of My Pantry and Boobs, the title of a Wallis-inspired 2003 off-Broadway revue...
Some would argue that his childhood experiences, as well as his mixed heritage (his father was Kenyan, his mother from Kansas), gives him a better inner compass on foreign policy than most Americans. They cite the pioneering work of Ruth Hill Useem, the late sociologist of Michigan State University, who spent her career studying what she called Third Culture Kids - the millions of U.S. children (an estimated 20 million since the advent of mass air travel) who have been carted abroad by their missionary, diplomatic, corporate or military parents. These frequent-flier kids don't spend enough time in their...
...very exciting thing,†said biology professor Ruth Hubbard, Wald’s second wife and fellow researcher...