Word: cliffs
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...Door and A Singular Woman, both of which became movies; in Avignon. Cardinal blamed her Catholic upbringing for the conflicted relationship with sexuality that haunted her personality and her work. Prime Minister Lionel Jospin called Cardinal "an essential personality in the fight for women's rights." DIED. CLIFF HILLEGASS, 83, founder of the yellow-and-black Cliffs Notes series of study guides that saved the posteriors of legions of American high-schoolers; in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hillegass started the business in 1958 with a $4,000 loan; the firm was sold in 1999 to IDG Books Worldwide for more than...
...singles, Cliff Nguyen lost his first set, 4-6, but rallied to take the second, 6-2, and had dropped the first game in the third before the match was stopped...
...Freshman Cliff Nguyen gets a shot at revenge against Irish junior Javier Taborga. The serve-and-volleying lefty beat Nguyen, 1-6, 6-2, 6-5(4) at the No. 1 singles position at Kentucky, but the two will face off at No. 2 singles tomorrow...
...Saturday, my mom lost one of her most formidable adversaries when Cliff Hillegass, inventor of the little yellow books, died at the age of 83. Hillegass abdicated responsibility for his eponymous Notes when he sold the company for $14 million back in 1999, but the cheerful yellow and black design, which has served as a beacon for lazy or overworked high schoolers since 1958, remains the same...
...have anything against Cliffs Notes as a study aid," my mom still says today. "I just don?t want kids to read them instead of the book." Cliff himself probably would have cheered my mom?s diligence. He meant the books to be study guides, not substitutes. This guy probably understood better than anyone the unique and transforming power of great literature. Cliff sat in his study contemplating the books his company would eventually summarize, beginning with "Hamlet," his first project. (Not exactly an endeavor for the weak of heart: Can you, off the top of your head, discuss...