The Literary Guild has decided to offer Favorite Son as a selection to its members.
The author of Favorite Son is himself an industry of sorts.
The small time
Rochester, MN's
favorite son, Dallas Rockvam, earned his wings and will be joining the rest of the Brigadiers over at Powell in time for their upcoming Fun/vid, smiling shiners and all.
Rap music
Released in the 250th anniversary year of Robert Burns, Scotland's
favorite son born in 1759, the Isle of Arran Distillers created this blended Scotch that has a medium finish touched with spice and a toffee, fig, and dry oak and vanilla palate.
Robert Burns Blended Scotch Whisky
Late last month, we were trying to track down a
favorite son of Arkansas: Levon Helm, famed musicmaker and legendary singer/drummer for The Band.
What'd I say
Columbia, S.C., Mayor Bob Coble presented the "Comedy Central" hero a key to the city, declared him South Carolina's "
favorite son" and officially proclaimed it Stephen Colbert day.
Stephen Colbert Launches Campaign in South Carolina -- Edwards' Campaign Gets Hot About It
The "Lone Star State" may be getting a boost in the form of 1,000
favorite Sons over the next few years.
1000 trees for Texas. (Clippings)
was the descendant of two of Skull and Bones'
favorite sons" -- his father, George H.W.
Bones of contention: infamous for reportedly bizarre initiation rituals, Yale's secret society Skull and Bones serves as a recruiting ground for entrants into the covert international Power Elite. (Conspiracy)
One of Basel's
favorite sons, Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901) is up for a second survey in his hometown.
Realist Camp
She asks, indignantly, in her own bestseller, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, "How would America react to the mess of self-immolation by hunger of its
favorite sons?" Pushing her rhetoric a bit further, she finds the phenomenon of male-initiated anorexia comparable with the Holocaust: "When confronted with a vast number of emaciated bodies starved not by nature but by men, one must notice a certain resemblance."
Anorexia and misinformation
The real estate industry is mourning another of its
favorite sons, Jack Weprin: lawyer, owner, gambler, teaser, philanthropist, restaurateur and raconteur, who died Sunday morning, March 10th from a heart attack.
Industry mourns loss of Jack Weprin
Brazile, a senior Democratic strategist and Gore's former campaign manager, urged African American leaders to run as
favorite sons and daughters in their states to potentially lock up the black vote.
Moseley Braun & Sharpton eye presidential nominations; funding is likely to be a big challenge for both campaigns. (Washington Report)
Brazile best known as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, is urging African American leaders to run as favorite sons and darters in various states' presidential primaries to lock up as many delegate votes as possible before the Democratic Party convention assembles in Boston to pick nominees.
Though unconfirmed, some of the possible favorite sons could include ex-Denver mayor Wellington Webb, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, U.S.
Locking up the black vote: "favorite sons" plan could sway 2004 election. (Washington Report)
"
Favorite Sons" is a novel from Robin Yocum as he tells the story of a group of friends in their late teens.
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