Word: widowing
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...ashes of Dr. Seuss have settled in a small wooden box in La Jolla, Calif. Audrey Geisel - who is sometimes referred to simply as "the widow" - has placed them there, neatly and lovingly, on a heavy wooden hutch in the sunny foyer of the home they shared high on a hill by the ocean. They were married in 1968, long after the rest of the world had fallen in love with him, and still she keeps him close, just steps from the study where a hat-wearing cat and a Christmas-stealing Grinch and a Who-hearing Horton once scampered...
...Lately, though, Dr. Seuss is getting out more - a lot more. Since Geisel's death at age 87 in 1991, his widow has taken control of an empire long considered a sleeping giant in the licensing realm, shaken it awake and issued strict marching orders. And oh, the places Seuss is going! Even as we speak, the Cat in the Hat is ushering children through an elaborate ride at Seuss Landing, the 110-acre theme park that opened last year at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla. The great green spoilsport comes to life in Ron Howard...
...since the Democratic governor has promised to appoint Carnahan's widow, it now appears possible that the deceased candidate could beat Republican incumbent John Ashcroft, who has had difficulty campaigning against Carnahan's memory...
Carnahan died too late for his name to be removed from the ballot, so his widow, Jean Carnahan, is running in his place. In polls taken this week, Carnahan was shown to be tied with or even leading Ashcroft...
...mother's ascent to politics after her father, Louisiana representative Hale Boggs, disappeared in a plane over Alaska. The campaign, Roberts told Carnahan, helped her mother overcome her grief. And it's quite possible that simple self-preservation has been the impetus for many of the 41 widows who've taken over their husbands' seats in Congress since 1900, whose ranks include current Representatives Mary Bono, widow of Sonny Bono, and Missouri's Jo Ann Emerson. Once they've made it into office, however, many of these women have gone on to win regular elections, and to establish themselves...