Word: sonly
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...Caroline adored her position as First Lady but wanted more living space. Mercifully, all the grandiose dreams died in the face of costs and a growing sense that the country was deeply fond of George Washington's original creation. Theodore Roosevelt's brood dented the mansion here and there; son Quentin would bring a pony through the ground-floor corridor and up the elevator so that his ailing brother Archie would be cheered. All along the way an exuberant country of inventors made sure that early on the White House had running water, indoor plumbing, electric lights, central heating, telephones...
...Bruce, never a complainer, vows to complete the chore in the coming days. His mother Phyllis Moore pulls out a stack of blank greeting cards for him to choose from. "This one says, 'With special thoughts of you,' and has a cute teapot on it," she calmly tells her son as he sits on his well-worn living-room rocker. "This one has a little girl with flowers." He's not sure exactly what he will say in his farewell notes to his three sisters and two stepsisters. He figures the words will come to him when he starts...
...than his own, though he has decided to wear his white Chicago Bears sweater, one of his favorites, for the final visitation. For the service, he's compiled a tape of songs, starting with the Beatles' Let It Be and ending with Eric Clapton's paean to his dead son, Tears in Heaven, saying, "They remind me of when I was young." He's considering adding one of his mother's favorite Vince Gill songs, Go Rest High on That Mountain. Bruce has decided to be cremated, following the wake and memorial service. "The cemeteries are getting so filled...
...DEVOTED SON...
...hour a day. His arms and legs in chains, he was allowed to kick a soccer ball around a small exercise area. The restrictions were eased in June, as both sides prepared for trial. "This has been such a strange, surreal experience," Chung Lee, the scientist's only son, told TIME...