Word: ruth
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...RUTH ADKINS Portland...
...façades--how people put up false fronts, the way an undertaker paints makeup on a corpse. It grew into one of TV's best family dramas ever, embracing the Fishers in all their unruly contradictions: artistic, egocentric Claire; repressed, brave David; idealistic, obnoxious Nate; and straitlaced, adventure-seeking Ruth (above, from left, Lauren Ambrose, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause and Frances Conroy). By the cathartic finale, you'll love this funereal clan like family...
...DIED. Ruth Brown, 78, swaggering, seductive big-band singer turned R&B diva who recorded a string of hits in the 1950s for Atlantic Records, including Teardrops From My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean, leading the fledgling label to be dubbed "the house that Ruth built"; in Las Vegas...
...DIED. Ruth Brown, 78, Big Band singer turned R&B diva, known for her seductive delivery and ability to sway between tenderness and swagger; in Las Vegas. In the 1950s the fledgling Atlantic Records--for whom she recorded hits like Teardrops from My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean--was called "the house that Ruth built." After a 25-year lull, she won new fans in the '80s, performing in the Broadway stage revue Black and Blue and winning a Grammy for the 1989 album Blues on Broadway...
Kennedy’s appearance was not the first time a Supreme Court justice sat on a moot court bench to judge the Ames competition. Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter ’61 was among the judges last year, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided...