Word: dearest
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...this attention on Abramoff--whom DeLay once called "one of my closest and dearest friends"--is just about the last thing the Texas Congressman, who is now the House majority leader, needs at this moment. DeLay's trip to Britain is one of three overseas jaunts that questions have been raised about. Other reports have disclosed that his wife and daughter have been paid roughly $500,000 since 2001 by DeLay's political organization. At a moment when House Republicans thought they would be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their triumphant return to power on vows to clean...
...MOTHER'S KEEPER by B.D. Hyman Morrow; 347 pages; $17.95 Scandal began with the first motion picture, but the modern sharper-than-a-serpent's-tooth era can be traced to 1978 and the appearance of Mommie Dearest, the harsh memoir of Joan Crawford. My Mother's Keeper, by B.D. Hyman, is even more acrimonious. Joan Crawford was dead a year when the revenge was taken. Bette Davis is still alive and ticking. B. (for Barbara) D. (for Davis) Hyman declares that the front door is always open to her estranged mother. But only a masochist would enter after...
...royal couple spent nearly 20 minutes with the crowd, with Diana paying special attention to a group of handicapped children. One of them, 16-year-old Jonathan Lollar of Ocean Springs, Miss., got his dearest wish. Blind and suffering from an inoperable tumor, Lollar was enabled by the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America to come to Washington to meet the Princess. He was not disappointed. Diana was offered flowers and gifts, which she, like a practiced quarterback, deftly handed off to a lady-in-waiting behind...
...between parades he was an inveterate letter writer to the President. Every letter started off, "My dearest, darling Mr. President: Here's what I think you should do about this or that ..." Even when he disagreed with the President, the letter still started, "My dearest, darling Mr. President: Didn't I tell you last week that such and such...
...marketing company last year, and the "pawty" (her term) is the same kind of coffee-time shindig that propelled her first direct-sales company, Discovery Toys, to success. She says this time around, she was inspired by her daughter's Cavalier King Charles spaniel to provide toys for "the dearest thing on four legs." The cutesy get-togethers are already translating into solid sales. Nemeth, who started Petlane from her home in Lafayette, Calif., says she expects the pet-products company to reach $1 million in sales this year, up from $300,000 in 2004. Her sales team...