Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...botched debate in Iowa, sliding poll numbers just about everywhere--Bradley enjoyed an epiphany of sorts on Wednesday, and some of his advisers thought it might be the turning point he needed. It happened in New Hampshire, when a working mother with no health insurance described how her son had come down with strep throat and then apologized to her as she wrote out a check at the doctor's office. "It might seem like a small thing to you," she said, "but as a mother, I felt terrible my son should even have to consider that...
...With all due respect, I think you fellows are overlooking a clue that explains why some white people are so attached to the Confederate flag," Charlie Chan chimed in. "No. 1 Son has been telling me about a must-read new book called The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks, by Randall Robinson, which makes the case that white America is suffering from a massive case of denial about the impact of slavery and discrimination. He contends that most white folks just aren't emotionally ready to admit that their lofty position in the world is partly...
When the designated free time arrives, Robert Ostler plays checkers with his son at a steel table in the common room. "I've grounded him. No TV. No Nintendo," says the burly truck driver with a weary sigh. "I've tried to lock his bike up. Nothing worked." He frowns at Matthew, who pretends not to hear while contemplating his next move...
...Choice doesn't work in Cambridge," says Jackie Roberts, whose son will enroll at the school next fall. "If choice really worked, that would be the best of all worlds...
...Cambridge resident reported to the CPD that while her son was at Magazine Street and Chalk Street at 6:30 p.m., his friend threw a snowball that struck a passing motor vehicle. The vehicle's driver then got out and, swearing, grabbed and pushed the woman's son. The mother came to her son's defense, and a verbal altercation with the driver ensued. The driver threatened her before leaving...