George and Mitt Romney: Like father, like son, until a political parting point

To those who knew them, the ultimate proof of the two men?s bond was reducible to a question: How many fathers would look after their son?s girlfriend in his absence? So much did the teenage Mitt Romney trust in his father George?s wisdom that he gratefully accepted his assistance in nurturing his relationship with his old high school girlfriend and future wife, Ann Davies, during a long separation from her.

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America?s Supernanny: New Lifetime show brings advice from a nearby mom

This week we get a new nanny. By ?we? I mean the lot of us. Lifetime will on Tuesday premiere ?America?s Supernanny? a spin-off of the beloved (to some) ABC show that followed the British child-whisperer Jo Frost into one chaotic home after another.

This time, the nanny is American, from Northern Virginia in fact, where she founded Happy Home Child Learning Centers.

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Ending global aid in a generation

Fifty years ago, the scene in Busan, South Korea, would have been a familiar image of international aid: sacks of grain stacked precariously on a crumbling dockside. The backdrop would have been a country emerging from war and dependent on outside assistance to meet the most basic needs. But when national and development leaders gather in Busan this week to discuss the future of aid, they will see a very different place: the fifth-busiest commercial port in the world, transporting advanced technologies around the globe. This, writ small, is the Korean miracle ? the transformation of a country from aid-dependent to aid donor.

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Deadline passes for Occupy Philly to dismantle

A deadline set by the city for Occupy Philadelphia to leave the site where it has camped for some two months passed without scuffles or arrests Sunday as police watched and protesters sang and spoke of their dreams ? while some prepared for the possibility of arrest.

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Ending global aid in a generation

Fifty years ago, the scene in Busan, South Korea, would have been a familiar image of international aid: sacks of grain stacked precariously on a crumbling dockside. The backdrop would have been a country emerging from war and dependent on outside assistance to meet the most basic needs. But when national and development leaders gather in Busan this week to discuss the future of aid, they will see a very different place: the fifth-busiest commercial port in the world, transporting advanced technologies around the globe. This, writ small, is the Korean miracle ? the transformation of a country from aid-dependent to aid donor.

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Chanticleer at George Mason Center for the Arts

Chanticleer kicked off its 26-concert Christmas music tour at George Mason University?s Center for the Arts on Saturday with a program that covered an awful lot of ground, beginning with Gregorian chant and ending with unfortunate arrangements ? and most un-gospel-like performances ? of a set of contemporary gospel hymns.

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The Grover Norquist tax myth

Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called ?the 13th member of this committee without being there.? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helpfully suggested ?maybe they should impeach Grover Norquist.?

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