Word: thelma
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...inspiration for the good-natured, endlessly patient Mommy in the syndicated comic Family Circus, Thelma Keane first met her cartoonist husband Bil Keane during World War II while the American artist was stationed in her native Australia. After they married and returned to the U.S., Thelma managed all her husband's business affairs throughout his career. She is immortalized in Bil's work--which gets an assist from their son, Jeff Keane, and now appears in some 1,500 newspapers...
...Among his mentors, Connolly lists Thelma C. Burns, a leader of Action for Boston Community Development, a Boston antipoverty action group...
...Tennessee, the division along racial lines is clear. With one exception the state's black Democratic legislators all support Obama; only state Sen. Thelma Harper supports Clinton, and Saturday's Rasmussen poll revealed Obama has the support of 71% of the state's black Democrats...
Most mornings Thelma Salazar, 70, meets her friends at the Cesar E. Chavez Community Center nestled in a garden next to the I-71 freeway less than a mile from Long Beach's busy industrial ports. Whether playing cards or eating meals, they rarely discuss politics. But on the few occasions that they do, most of the group of Latina retirees murmur their support of Hillary Clinton, though many like that "young boy, what's his name? Barack Obama...
...another points out in a later scene, "each teardrop is worth a dollar." Servants of globalization, these indomitable women enrich the lives of countless others. Thelma, though, will never resign herself to being "just a helper." Sparkling and confident on stage, she declares toward the end of the performance that "Hong Kong is just a stepping-stone. We must use it to power our passion." The play's significant proceeds will go toward constructing fully equipped reading corners for children in Ballesteros, something Unite yearned for when growing up. Her dreams are no longer just beautiful - they're real...