Word: sisterly
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...Sarah Deutser of Houston know the value of extra help. They spent several months washing their kids' hair with Nix and olive oil and even hired an exterminator in a futile effort to rid their home of lice. Finally Steven mentioned what he considered an embarrassing problem to his sister, who assured him, "Everyone gets lice," and told him to call Penny Warner, owner of the Texas Lice Squad. For two days and about $1,000, Warner (who has a minivan-based operation in their hometown and charges $55 an hour) manually combed the nits out of the hair...
...mood at the Sahara was more circumspect than celebratory, the rhetoric directed at the American audience more measured. One delegate, a former army officer who asked to be referred to as "Abu Ali", even admitted that he had a sister in Florida, and said he would come to the U.S. himself if he could. "America doesn't leave a country by force," said Samarai. "Bush has been in a hole, digging deeper. So every year, it has become more difficult for America to leave Iraq. But what the muqawimma [resistance] movement has done is more than America can bear...
...Harry's own story is playing out, Harry is himself uncovering a story, one we've been waiting to hear for quite some time, the backstory of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: the secrets of the brother with whom he quarreled, and of Dumbledore's mysterious, damaged younger sister, who died young, and of Dumbledore's own remarkable power as a sorcerer...
...Virginia began investigating Purdue about five years ago when crime, addiction and death rates skyrocketed in the mountainous part of the state. "This is a fine of insignificance when we look at the consequences that this drug has had not only in this area but around the country," said Sister Beth Davies, director of the Addiction Education Center in neighboring Lee County. "No one is being held accountable. The penalty in no way fits the crime...
...Davis was speaking by telephone with his sister, Martina Correia, when she learned of the Board's decision. He had already been moved to the death chamber, Correia said. "He was so elated, so prayerful, and he was thanking everyone for what they were doing for him," Correia said. "He's so grateful they're not going to kill him tomorrow...