Adriana, who became the foundation's president in 2009, points out that works by Latin-American artists now have a home at MoMA, where her mother sits on the board of trustees.

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She spent her 21st birthday on board the rescue ship Carpathia, from where she wrote a letter to her mother, who had remained in Cornwall, saying she had been "thrown" into a lifeboat wearing just her nightdress and boots.

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Leslie Tobakos, mother of two college-aged kids, compared apples to apples on tuition, room and board and fees by making a spreadsheet to track the bottom line for each school.

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