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...book's title, when uttered by a member of the Muffia--the nonworking mums--is not a compliment. They send thank-you notes for play dates, needle Kate about when she will go part time and snap up the best party clowns, leaving Kate with one who specializes in twisting balloons into phallic designs. Kate sees both sides of the mother divide: "The non-working mother looks at the working mother with envy and fear because she thinks that the working mum has got away with it, and the working mum looks back with fear and envy because she knows...
...first year of life, believe it or not. The whole underlying principle of setting a good example is so key. The infant can see parents being respectful to each other. As children learn to talk, saying "Please" and "Thank you," they'll begin to realize why they're saying these words. So that can start really young...
...this, Universal can thank Anthony Hopkins, the erstwhile London stage actor now synonymous with the savage and intellectual Lecter. "He's Darth Vader," says Red Dragon director Brett Ratner. "He's Superman." Hopkins, who was paid more than $10 million for the leading role in Hannibal, was reluctant to revisit the part a third time. "My agent said, 'Do you want to do it?'" recalls Hopkins, 64. "I said, 'I've done two,' and he said, 'Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea.'" Not bad at all. For his supporting role in Red Dragon (as in Silence...
...Season, though, is very much alive. Harvard can thank the young gentleman under center for that...
...feared—who can wait to return to the famed land of red brick and overwork after only a few weeks away? No, it was the actual move-in itself. All those boxes. So much angst built up inside that I exclaimed aloud, “Phew! Thank gosh I don’t ever have to do move-in again after this year...