"I deserve this, " she simply said after winning Best Actress for the 1983 film Terms of Endearment.

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That description hardly applies to the Oracle of Omaha, one of the many terms of endearment he holds.

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Here, the star of An Officer and a Gentleman, Shadowlands and Terms of Endearment, tells BBC News Online it was not a 'celebrity' trip - but a chance to see people being helped to rebuild their lives.

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The problem with terms of address and endearment is that changes in language have not quite caught up with society, says Brookes.

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