Word: verne
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Generous parents explain themselves in various ways. Vern Bengtson, 59, a University of Southern California professor and father of three daughters, allows that he has spent a small fortune on his children since the early 1990s. He and his wife Hanna, 57, helped Julie, 31, buy a condo and Erin, 28, start a business in Santa Barbara. They have also been funding Kristina, 27, who tried a modeling and singing career in New York City and then returned to California to attend college. Bengtson expresses the same ambivalence so many parents in his situation do when he admits, "When they...
...Vern Raburn has his way, you'll need a slightly larger garage. Raburn's new vehicle is 33 ft. long and 11 ft. high--not much larger than that SUV you've got wedged in there now, right? But the newcomer has a definite advantage: its top speed is 408 m.p.h...