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As a 10-year-old boy, Matt Horsfield understood much of what was unfolding around him when his father, Pat, decided to start a construction business.
Now, as an adult and president of his father’s firm, Horsfield Companies, Matt Horsfield said he realizes how substantial his father’s undertaking was.
“Essentially, he gave up everything and sacrificed everything,” he said.
All [...]

It was only a matter of time before writer and early childhood educator Brett Berk turned the abundant fodder around him into a book. There was the friend who hadn’t been out alone since the birth of her three-year-old son. A couple who turned their master suite over to their daughter and her mass of [...]

By Simon Denyer NEW DELHI, March 18 (Reuters) - In honour of the crouching, naked blonde painted on its nose, its pilot had named his bomber the %26quot;Hot as Hell%26quot;. [...]

The same cheerful restlessness seems to pervade all areas of his life. In the last six years, since becoming quadriplegic, he has started a skin care line, Clark%26#8217;s Botanicals; written a memoir (%26#8220;it%26#8217;s 95 percent finished,%26#8221; he said); learned Spanish, to communicate better with some of his caretakers; and researched and managed his recovery. [...]

%26#8220;I guess I%26#8217;d like to be known as a loving and supportive father and grandfather,%26#8221; Mr. Redstone said.This was an uncharacteristically wistful note for Mr. Redstone, the chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, which together represent one of the world%26#8217;s largest media empires. Despite Mr. Redstone%26#8217;s sentiments, his relationships with family and [...]

%26#8220;I guess I%26#8217;d like to be known as a loving and supportive father and grandfather,%26#8221; Mr. Redstone said.This was an uncharacteristically wistful note for Mr. Redstone, the chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, which together represent one of the world%26#8217;s largest media empires. Despite Mr. Redstone%26#8217;s sentiments, his relationships with family and [...]

(Repeats story first issued at 0000 GMT) By Simon Denyer NEW DELHI, March 18 (Reuters) - In honour of the crouching, naked blonde painted on its nose, its pilot had named his bomber the %26quot;Hot as Hell%26quot;. But it was a freezing and stormy day as the American B-24 Liberator [...]

Last time I was down at Moonfleet Manor in Dorset, Imelda Staunton was there,
three days after her Oscar nomination, and everyone was so %26ldquo;Yeah, it’s
Imelda Staunton%26rdquo; that even I didn’t stare. Much.
As one has come to expect from Luxury Family Hotels, the newly hatched Elms is
patience itself when The Master appears to pull a celebrity [...]

My niece, Carrie, is 31. She works full time at a high-level position as an event-planner for a nonprofit organization, and has a toddler and a newborn. Her husband, Frank, works for the Food and Drug Aadministration in New Jersey. Here is a classic example of a two-career family. With only a few weeks of [...]

Here are excerpts from the five nominated scripts in the best original screenplay category. If you’ve seen the films, you’ll recognize the people and situations immediately. If you haven’t, it’s amazing how clearly the characters can be seen, and how smoothly, seemingly effortlessly, words on a page can transform themselves into emotions on a screen.The [...]