Word: scoldings
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...suicide in a letter, Karen says the only freedoms that remain for the Chinese are "when to die, how to die and for what we will die." When Bibi complains of her mother's disapproval of her career and life choices, Karen wishes she still had a mother to scold her: her mother had been taken away and executed by the government for stealing food for her children. Bibi and Karen shine realistically in their roles--they, like their countries, are not idealized. Each reacts selfishly to the other's problems. Each wants what she does not have...
...fooling cop, but he's able to say, and mostly believe, "All the lunacy, that's half the beauty of it. This is a great town to work in." The half-mocking nickname he has earned from fellow cops is "Father O'Connor," and he will joke and scold and reason with a cranky teenager, and listen for a long time to a young mother whose record of staying off drugs is not quite spotless...
...Franken: Uh. Never ask that question. That¡s the last time you ask that question, okay? I¡m not trying to scold you but I¡m telling you to never ask that question again...
...Franken: Uh. Never ask that question. That's the last time you ask that question, okay? I'm not trying to scold you but I'm telling you to never ask that question again...
...volunteers said their enthusiasm forCapuano made them willing to brave last night'scold weather...