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Boggess, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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May 1, 2008
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- Rosser, Claire
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BOGGESS, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic. (The Mia Fullerton Series.) Bancroft. 168p. c2008. 978-1-890862-56-5. $19.95. J
Mia is 15 now, and it's summer vacation. Her boyfriend Tim has to spend the summer far away in Maine, and she is stuck at home and needs a job. She starts working at a children's playhouse, meets new people (including Eric, who she knew once long ago when he was not so interesting) and continues sibling warfare with her younger brother Chris. There are betrayals, misunderstandings, changes and truces by the time the summer is over. It's all very tame fun, this series, with earthy adolescent humor, such as Mia's lacing her brother's cereal with crushed ...
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I'm a BIG role model and I love it; FAME RUNS IN HER FAMILY BUT MIA TYLER...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);
February 16, 2003 ;
787 words
......spread is for the traditionally skinny fashion bible Vogue. Mia's mum was rock chick Cyrinda Foxe and she didn't know actress...teens then realised how much they looked like each other. Mia likens her family to the Osbournes: We were spoiled rich...was hard to find anything to rebel against, she said. But ...
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Kids Helping Kids -- UNICEF Chooses Toppenish Girl's Christmas Card Design...
Yakima Herald-Republic;
November 8, 1998 ;
JANE GARGAS YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC;
423 words
......malnutrition, tuberculosis and neonatal tetanus are, but 6-year-old Mia Walsh is helping to eradicate them nonetheless. Mia, who lives in Toppenish, has been named one of two national...celebrity spokeswoman for UNICEF. All that certainly wasn't on Mia's mind when she sat down to color a children's ...
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MIA continues to support the stone industry.(Marble Institute of America)
Stone World;
July 1, 2005 ;
465 words
......than the performance of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) over the past few years. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With a membership...leaders and its staff of experienced association professionals, MIA has rewritten some of the rules about what a trade association can do for its members. MIA, an IRS-approved ...
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Courtroom Notebook; Manhattan Melodrama; Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, Lost...
The Washington Post;
April 1, 1993 ;
Paula Span;
787 words
......identically schlumpy, or is he wearing the same one each day? Mia Farrow, in her buttoned-up shirts and severe blazers, could...his own analyst he's seen forever (who should be jailed, in Mia's opinion). Mia had never seen a psychiatrist before last summer but is now on her second. There have been ...
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Courtroom Notebook; Woody vs. Mia: The Focus Turns To the Kids
The Washington Post;
April 5, 1993 ;
Paula Span;
787 words
......did-too, with Woody Allen and Mia Farrow and their proxies offering...private schools. They spend summers and holidays at Mia's lakefront Connecticut estate...told her mother about last summer - a charge still being investigated...also suggested that a vengeful Mia might have simply coached ...
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Late-night luxe Mia Martini Lounge serves up a colorful menu of 'tinis in...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
April 25, 2008 ;
606 words
...Byline: Samantha Nelson Contributing Writer Mia Martini Lounge 1575 W. Ellinwood (next to Olivetti's), Des...768- 3000 Hours: 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Mia may stay open until 4 a.m. depending on events and crowd...building, architecture and parties. Though the Roman-themed Mia Martini Lounge ...
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Nomar and Mia kick it up.(News)
The Boston Herald;
August 27, 2002 ;
Fee, Gayle Raposa, Laura;
787 words
......the looming baseball strike, those plans are up in the air. Mia and Nomar are contemplating a trial marriage-type arrangement...you know. Because Nomar is only too aware that the reason Mia's first marriage was kicked to the curb was because she and...Christiaan Corry, never spent any quality time together. ...
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Courtroom Notebook; The Guardian Angle; In Woody-Mia Trial, the Saga of...
The Washington Post;
April 12, 1993 ;
Paula Span;
787 words
...Ah, summer in bucolic Connecticut...coat hanger. Her mother, Mia Farrow, frequently red-eyed...tutors were describing the summer of '92 last week as Mia's legal team began presenting...set all this in motion. Mia and two of her kids had...
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Slice of Yakima -- With Her Card, 6-Year-Old Girl Gets Service at...
Yakima Herald-Republic;
November 18, 1998 ;
215 words
......Morning America" guest and now 21 Club patron. Six-year-old Mia Walsh of Toppenish is having an exciting month. First, she...an appearance on "Good Morning America" last week. Today, Mia is being honored at a luncheon at the 21 Club, where "Today...Angeles created the winning card in the 13-and- under bracket. ...
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Nomar and Mia: OK, we're dating.(News)
The Boston Herald;
January 3, 2002 ;
Fee, Gayle Raposa, Laura;
787 words
......shortstud Nomar Garciaparra and soccer star Mia Hamm are finally coming clean: They're...is due to the fact that until recently, Mia was a married woman. Hamm and her hubby...now divorced. But as recently as last summer, after a New York gossip column reported that the Nomar-Mia relationship was ...
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MAMMA 'N' MIA; Kate Winslet tells why she is happy to spend lots of time...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);
February 8, 2002 ;
787 words
......e's only worked 11 weeks, spending the rest of her time with Mia. Kate said: I am present in her life in a way many working...that's never the case with me. And when it's time for bed, Mia prefers a story by mum than watching a video. The proud mum...Threapleton flying out to face the couple and spend time with ...
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Mia's quick-thinking earns a gold star ; A four-year-old girl who has...
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;
August 13, 2008 ;
DOMINIC JEFF Herald Reporter;
474 words
......fit is August's Gold Star Award winner. Mia Ruston, from West Park, was only three...very, very proud of her. If it wasn't for Mia I don't know what would have happened...coped with it so well." Then earlier this summer Mrs Ruston, who has only recently developed...It was so frightening to onlookers that ...
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PENNIE SABEL To STEP DOWN AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MIA.(Marble...
Stone World;
September 1, 2001 ;
124 words
......executive vice president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has announced her retirement, effective this year. Sabel...organization since 1995. She has been a great asset to the MIA, and we wish her the best, said MIA President Monica Gawet, who added that the MIA Board of Directors will ...
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Mia's mamma to raise money, money, money
South Wales Evening Post;
October 10, 2008 ;
Paul Lewis;
376 words
......fund, now being registered as a charity, was started using Mia's pocket money but has gone on to raise thousands of pounds...adults affected by brain tumours or brain injuries. Already Mia's appeal has come to the aid of a teenager with a brain tumour...a lot of interest in Abba at the moment because of Mamma ...
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Mia's grief as Tarzan legend Maureen dies; IRISH STAR HAS HEART ATTACK AT...
The Mirror (London, England);
June 25, 1998 ;
Duff, Gavin;
275 words
......mother of Hollywood actress Mia Farrow, died suddenly at hospital...most recent visit being last summer. She went to school in a convent...films. Last month, daughter Mia buried her former husband Frank Sinatra. Maureen and Mia - who often journeyed to Ireland...together - were very close. When ...
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