Francis went to school for only a few years, as was typical for a boy of his circumstances and sufficient for acquiring the skills a cloth merchant needed.

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"You watch the Hearts players, the only one claiming for it is the boy Templeton, " he added.

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This follows an earlier ruling in a federal court that only the father could speak for a boy of such tender years.

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Once, when the doorbell rang, I rushed downstairs to the front door, but it was only a boy with a jar collecting money for a new Scout troop.

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But the doctor who ultimately cared for the boy has said he was only treating his symptoms, not the cancer itself, Bostrom said.

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But that night, there was standing room only -- all for a 9-year-old boy.

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The family was relieved and grateful for all the support in a community where ribbons, fliers and vigils all symbolized the prayers for the safe return of the boy, whom law enforcement officials have only identified by his first name, Ethan.

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Ms. GOODMAN: Exactly, which is why it's kind of like I applaud Katy Perry for kind of owning that and not letting it be a boy's only sort of thing, you know.

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Not only was he a lesser player, the argument went, he also could not match the Belfast Boy for drinking prowess.

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For most of the play, which begins in Victorian England in 1885, Peter is known only as the Boy, a name that signals his psychological emptiness.

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