Lifelong love affair with the news began at 23, when Australia-born tabloid titan inherited one newspaper.

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Mr. Weitzman says his lifelong love of ping-pong was rekindled about six years ago when he was visiting a friend.

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But Socha, a former Marine with a lifelong love of nature, said the goal is to buy houseboats so more remote areas can be reached.

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Old man Hearst's first paper and lifelong love, the San Francisco Examiner, is now a pitiful phantom, restricted to an afternoon publish (and thus a horrible circulation) by a binding agreement with the San Francisco Chronicle.

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It fosters a lifelong love of learning.

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But Vanguard was more than just a labor of love for two lifelong sailors.

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Often, the foods served at home become lifelong favorites because of the love and care of the person who prepared them.

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The son of a Swiss pediatrician, Gandur, now 58, grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, where he learned Arabic, fell in love with history and began a lifelong devotion to Egyptian antiquities.

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Single women get to buy shoes they love (with discounts) and possibly meet their lifelong partners.

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