Word: somes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lending a voice to The Simpsons is de rigueur for Hollywood's elite, but why are some of the business' most retiring types making their rare appearances on shows that can barely manage an Emmy nod?
Inspired by winds that buffet her home in Reseda, Calif., each November, Clemmons recalled that even stronger winds blow in Egypt from February through June. Then she remembered that the Egyptians mass-produced linen for sailcloth, and that some of their hieroglyphs suggest that the pyramids were raised by "invisible...
Sound ludicrous? That's what her friends said. So Clemmons did some research and conferred with Mory Gharib, an aeronautics engineer at the California Institute of Technology, who surprised everyone by endorsing her concept. According to Gharib, two 6-ft. by 15-ft. kites, used in conjunction with three pulleys...
Despite her tender age, dewy appearance, lack of familiarity with one of the century's greatest directors and the mother-hen protectiveness of her agent and publicist, who cluck around her worrying about what the actress, who is eight months' pregnant, will wear to the film's New York premiere...
Even without professional help, family caregivers can give themselves a break by farming out some tasks. Kathy Paddock, a bookkeeper, assists 40 elderly clients and their families by helping them manage their household finances and insurance forms; she visits some of her clients in nursing homes and keeps in touch...