Word: sonly
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DIED. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR., 90, dashing star of 75 films and son of silent-screen legend Douglas Fairbanks Sr.; in New York City (see Eulogy, below...
...What was the rush?" Meanwhile, the boy's paternal grandparents have applied for U.S. visas to claim him. His mother is now the most scorned woman in Thailand. After saying she knew nothing of the smuggling, Tabtim Kaewtaengjan tearily confessed to reporters that she was an unfit mother. Her son, it turns out, had been used twice before on smuggling trips. In L.A., at first, "he was sick and scared. He would sleep 45 minutes at a time and wouldn't let us turn the lights off," says Jennifer Stanger of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking...
...when he was 42 years old. Thus he spent more than half his adult life not being a movie star. That was fine with him, for the family business wasn't acting; it was international celebrity, a trade his father Douglas Sr. virtually invented. It seemed his son, with whom I collaborated on a book and a 25-year friendship, wanted to see if he could retain his fame by appearing as little as possible in public...
...Broadway in 1944 and closed after four nights. At the time, Miller thought it was victimized by the cult of the well-made play, and he may be right. For Luck is a sometimes comic melodrama that flirts a little messily with tragedy--particularly in that Miller specialty, father-son relationships...
Ideas for other challenges will surface. My son Justin suggests that each candidate be asked to demonstrate a proficiency in dancing the Lambada, the forbidden dance of love. I reject the idea. It does not comport with the dignity of the office...