Word: singleton
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...Approximately 100 fires are burning in the Australian state of New South Wales, making up roughly 1,200 miles of fire lines. The largest individual blaze, near Singleton, is reported to have charred almost 150,000 acres of land. In total, the fires have burned about 1.2 million acres, and have destroyed over 150 homes, though no human deaths have been reported. Some residents have not been so lucky; officials say that thousands of koalas, one of Australia?s most cherished symbols, are likely dead as the result of the fires burning through their forest habitat. Prior to the start...
...truth universally acknowledged that a slim figure, successful career and dashing boyfriend must be in want of a modern-day singleton...
...with; instead, she finds herself falling for her rakish, yet caddishly womanizing boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In her romantic and dietary pursuits, she bumbles and humiliates herself in scene after scene, endures the company of officious “smug marrieds” with the help of her singleton friends Shazzer, Jude and Tom, and puts up with her middling and flighty mother before emerging triumphant...
...main quibble with the film lies in that fact that although the film presents Bridget as an archetype for modern singles, her predicament is still somewhat inaccessible while it strives to be universal. However, as a modern singleton, I was thoroughly enchanted by the film...
...secured their turf are in danger of being priced out--of both the rental and sales markets. "I have several friends who are seriously considering moving to other places because the economic pressures are just too great," says Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin, adding that Mary Ann Singleton, his protagonist in the series first published in the Chronicle, couldn't afford to rent in San Francisco today. Singleton, like Maupin, lived for a pittance in a rustic roof apartment with sweeping views of the bay. "I spent my 20s in San Francisco simply grateful that I could...