Young August got his values, though, especially his pride in African-American culture, from his mother, a cleaner.
It weds the oral culture of his unlettered mother (the dedicatee of all his books) to an omnivorous bibliophilia encouraged by his stepfather, a hotel receptionist in Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic coast.
The culture of the Plains produced the mother who bore our president, and the grandmother who raised him.
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Matt has doubled the business and dramatically improved the culture since he took over from his mother 2 years ago.
It was a week before the Amazon deal was announced, to general shock within the company, where Hsieh, whose mother is a clinical psychologist, has promoted a culture of absolute transparency (Core Value No. 6: Build Open and Honest Relationships with Communication).
These materials are for use in the third grade in two subject areas: Person, Culture and Nature and Language and Communication (Mother Tongue).
From ancient times, Mongolian nomads derived their livelihood from mother nature and veneration for the environment is deeply rooted in our culture and history.
Republicans, including President Bush laughably said that the bailout of failed banks was the only thing keeping us from falling into the mother of all Great Depressions, and Obama has continued the bailout culture that began under Republicans.
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Most Mexican-Americans I know would need a whole team of therapists to sort out their views on culture, national identity, ethnic pride and their relationship with Mother Mexico.
She told me that she had cried for days when her oldest son, Tamerlan, told her that he wanted to move out, going against her culture's tradition of the son staying in the house with the mother until marriage.
She grew up immersed in country-music culture her grandfather was a yodeler and bluegrass-country singer, and his mother a saloon-style pianist.
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