Sentences with phrase «left by her grandfather»

Lucy Waletzky, a Sleepy Hollow psychiatrist and big - bucks backer of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says the bankers who administered the trust left by her grandfather John D. Rockefeller Jr. — son of the Standard Oil founder — sold off the family's oil stocks in order to win fees from corporations like Boeing.

Fact is neither of the Elkann's have any real interest in the inheritance left by their grandfather... the younger choosing the Jet Set life over responsibility..

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True story from a pastor friend of mine: apparently the day after his paternal great - grandfather's death, the local priest dropped by Granddad's house... and the first words out of said priest's mouth were, «how much money did he leave to the church?»

Not only had I lost my temper, but my lack of self - control had left a visible mark — one I had to walk by for weeks until my grandfather, who had drywall patching skills, came to visit.

The grandfather died two years later, leaving him to be cared for and educated by his uncle Abu Talib who had always shown a fatherly interest in him.

How Gina Gallo Is Keeping the E&J Gallo Winery on Top: Born into the legendary winemaking family pioneered by her grandfather Julio and great - uncle Ernest when they were just teenagers, after a family tragedy (their parents died in a murder - suicide) left them orphans, Gina Gallo's own career blended the commercial and creative sides of the business...

Charles Cottrell Buffum, Jr., left, talks with gubernatorial candidate John McKinney during McKinney's campaign stop Wednesday at Cottrell Brewing Co., a family - owned brewery in Pawcatuck.The brewery is in the same building that housed a printing press manufacturing company owned by Buffum's great - great grandfather, Calvert B. Cottrell.

Generations ago, Miguel's great great grandfather abandoned the family to pursue his musical dreams, leaving his great great grandmother to raise their baby daughter all by herself.

Unraveling a series of clues left behind by his grandfather, Mickey Matson and his friends embark on a magical journey i...

After several months of mourning had elapsed, I began to yearn for a change of scene, and so I decided to undertake a trip of some description, using a portion of the funds conferred upon me by my maternal grandfather, who had died several years previously, leaving me a lump sum and a small annuity.

Instead of an inheritance, he was left with a market stall heavily burdened by usurious debt incurred by his grandfather that could not be erased.

Paper Love By Sarah Wildman Riverhead • $ 16 • ISBN 9781594633973 Finding a box of love letters with her late grandfather's papers spurs Wildman to search for the woman he left behind when he fled Vienna just before the Nazi occupation of Austria.

Lisette's List By Susan Vreeland Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812980196 Although she's unhappy about leaving Paris in 1937 for a remote village in the south of France to care for her husband's grandfather, Lisette learns more than she expected about both art and life.

1935: Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder «A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.»

In other paired stories, an Imperial policeman who is forced to leave the continent after rumors spread of his homosexuality reappears as a doorman in New York City who brings solace to a young betrayed woman; a young girl held hostage in a brothel plots a brutal revenge against the madam who keeps her, and then the madam reappears as a wizened midwife who delivers a baby to a Hindu woman forced to make a terrible choice about the child; a Muslim boy who escapes a train raided by a murderous mob reemerges as a grandfather who has moved to London to be with his family and whose granddaughter struggles to save her marriage after the death of their child; a young cartographer alters a small section of the Radcliffe Line with terrible consequences, and then his boss reappears as a senile old man who sets off in search of a prostitute he often hires.

The Glazebrooks were prosperous cotton brokers — both Mark's father and grandfather had been president of the Liverpool Cotton Association — and on leaving Cambridge he used his inheritance to buy a splendid Arts and Crafts house, designed by Norman Shaw's protege EJ May, in the west London garden suburb of Bedford Park.

She liked to dress up the pheasants her grandfather had shot and wheel them around the property in a baby carriage, and she once surveyed a 50 - by -50-foot patch in the woods, cataloguing every rock, beetle, and leaf in a little book.

The eggs were left to Miller by his grandfather from a collection made 75 years ago — when the birds flew in flocks that darkened the sun and broke branches off trees when they roosted en masse.

By looking to old recipes, and the ways in which our grandmothers cooked (sadly, the grandfathers were usually absent from the kitchen), we will find inspiration for using the stems, leaves, and slightly - off foods that might otherwise get tossed in the trash.

The eggs were left to Miller by his Grandfather from a collection made 75 years ago — when the birds flew in flocks that darkened the sun and broke branches off trees when they roosted en masse.

Living room: Wall Color — Galveston Gray by BM in a matte finish Trim — Simply White by BM in a semi-gloss finish Doors — Wrought Iron by BM in semi-gloss Bricks — Revere Pewter by BM in matte finish Sofa — IKEA Ektorp Pillow with Text — Twin Elm Farm Peterborough, NH Striped Pillow and Black Pillow — White Home Market Wilton, NH White Pillows — HomeGoods Notre Dame Sign — Dear Lillie Chair in Front of Sign — HomeGoods Throw on Chair — Ikea Little Side Table — Target Vase — HomeGoods Chairs — Joss and Main Rug — Pottery Barn Coffee Table — Joss and Main Vase on Coffee Table — HomeGoods Books on Coffee Table — One was our grandfather's and the other ones from thrift shops Lamps — Target Drapery Panels — IKEA Curtain Rods — Target Industrial Looking Bookshelf — Dear Lillie Tennis Racquet — Was our Grandfather's Truck — Was our Grandfather's Rest of Items on Shelf — HomeGoods Mirror above Fireplace — Was Left in Garage by Previous Owner of Home Vase above Fireplace &mdgrandfather's and the other ones from thrift shops Lamps — Target Drapery Panels — IKEA Curtain Rods — Target Industrial Looking Bookshelf — Dear Lillie Tennis Racquet — Was our Grandfather's Truck — Was our Grandfather's Rest of Items on Shelf — HomeGoods Mirror above Fireplace — Was Left in Garage by Previous Owner of Home Vase above Fireplace &mdGrandfather's Truck — Was our Grandfather's Rest of Items on Shelf — HomeGoods Mirror above Fireplace — Was Left in Garage by Previous Owner of Home Vase above Fireplace &mdGrandfather's Rest of Items on Shelf — HomeGoods Mirror above Fireplace — Was Left in Garage by Previous Owner of Home Vase above Fireplace — Target

The Girls» Bedroom: Paint Color — Soft Chamois by Benjamin Moore Trim Color — Simply White by Benjamin Moore Door Color — Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore Wallpaper — Wallpaper Direct, Delphine in Charcoal Curtain Rods — Target Drapery Panels — Ritva from IKEA Beds — Passed down from my grandfather's house and painted in Annie Sloan's Graphite from Lady Butterbug Coverlet and far back pillow — Joss and Main Gray Pillow with the Pom Poms — Ballard Design Front Pillow — IKEA Little piece with the baskets between the beds — Joss and Main White Pitcher — HomeGoods Little Jars — White Home Market — Wilton, NH Striped Blanket at the End of One Bed — IKEA Rug — Target Trunks at End of Bed — IKEA Chandelier — Purchased about 6 years ago from Target Frames with Silhouettes — From Hobby Lobby about 7 or 8 years ago Dresser — Passed down from my grandfather's house and painted in Annie Sloan's Graphite from Lady Butterbug Canvas — Dear Lillie Wire Basket — Little antique shop in Vermont Clock — TJMaxx Hat — J. Crew Metal Pitcher — Joss and Main White Shelf — Target (six years ago) Horseshoes — Little antique shop in Vermont Cowboy Boots — Sheplers Dresses --(From left to right) TJMaxx, Joyfolie, Chasing Fireflies