Results for “Mother Jones”

… “leftovers”. (Remember the comedian who said “we always ate leftovers—nobody has ever found the “original” meal.) My mother has always said we were “comfortable.” (The same comedian told about the Jewish man who was hit by a car

the school decided to administer IQ tests to all the students. The school called my mother and said that I had gotten one of the highest scores. At first the rabbi thought I had cheated

my mother began to doubt her doubting. Doubting was good as long as it didn't lead to breaking with the rituals--as it didn't in her case. Or so she believed

but I have been ecstatic. It has become the most important quality in my life--and the most significant ingredient in whatever success I may have achieved. It certainly played an important role in my decision to become a lawyer defending freedom of speech

I discovered that I had inherited my mother’s extraordinary gift while participating in intercollegiate debates. The debate tournaments always took place on Saturday. I pleaded with my parents to let me go

…many “shidachs” (meetings that resulted in marriages) for which it was responsible. I was not yet 21. Sue was 19. My mother wouldn’t let me go to an out of town law school unless I was married

… the mayor of Cincinnati. It is fair to say at that time that Taft was one of the most prominent names in America. My mother was convinced that I couldn’t possibly compete with a Taft and that I would be demolished in moot court. To provide support

…ho are contemplating a money suit for damages -- they all claimed not even to know what that term meant. When Desiree's mother was asked whether there had ever been any ""discussions"" with lawyers about fees

…eli government. When I represented him his name was Anatoly Sharansky and he was an imprisoned Soviet refusenick. His mother and wife asked me

a mother engaged in the combined act of trying to kill her autistic and sexually abused son and trying to kill herself. She succeeded in the former and failed in the latter. She reasonably believed that the child’s biological father was repeatedly abusing the 8 year old autisti...

…gal. Who is the cannabis consumer? It is the 80-year-old cancer patient ingesting cannabis to treat side effects of chemotherapy. It is the 12-year-old child using cannabis extracts on a doctor's recommendation to reduce epileptic seizures. It is the 30-something mother or fathe...

…hematicians. How’s late afternoon after 5:30 pm / early evening today? - or weekend, day/times? (Family issues today - mother 102 in May.) RADICAL BREAKTHROUGHS - Initial Revisions (working model for discussion, red is new) Expand and Modify Mathematical Breakthrough episodes...

… for the remote control and clicks off the TV.] LEVI: That’ s really great, Bristol. John Edwards fucked you and your mother... [Sarah is sitting at her computer when there is a knock on her office door.] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015163

…d was a witness for the ultimate in Christian forgiveness. She was someone from whom all of us could learn. She was the mother of the 7-year-old boy that he, the Pastor, had, four years before, accidentally killed during a drunken driving episode in his “other life.” That was the...

…shooting guard Eric Gordon to reunite ... Mom of overdosed daughter calls gun-toting trio 'heroes' GLEN LYON, Pa. — The mother of a woman whose overdose death in New York City spurred a rescue attempt by three people arrested with a cache of weapons... HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029993 Mets...