Oprah plays Sethe, the former slave who, in 1873, lives in an Ohio farmhouse with her teen-age daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise), her old friend and new lover Paul D (Danny Glover), and the ghost of the daughter she killed long ago when the girl was about to be retaken into slavery.

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His mother was an unmarried teenager and in an autobiography he describes hitch-hiking with her as a three-year-old and having to beg at age four.

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The England squad has an average age of only 23 with 17-year-old Laura Harper, who made her debut against South Africa last summer, the youngest player chosen.

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The girl, thought to be 14 years old but with a younger mental age, was arrested last month after a mob accused her of burning pages of the Koran.

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While visiting with my 89 year old mother in law, Alice, my husband and I asked her whether she thought successful people her age are willing to discuss their assets, their businesses, their attitudes about passing on their wealth with their kids.

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