Mama knew she was playing her son's favorite pieces and feeling close to him, and did not disturb her.

Mama knew that she was out of mourning when she finally wore bright colors.

) In their 2002 memoir, they said that they knew from the start that their book would " have three characters: a bluff, overenthusiastic Papa Bear who wore bib overalls and a plaid shirt and ... a wise Mama Bear who wore a blue dress with white polka dots ... and a bright, lively little cub.

In the book Along Came Mary: A Bad Girl Creek Novel ( by writer Jo-Ann Mapson of the original bestseller Bad Girl Creek ), character Mary Madigan details the extent of the impact that the Tad and Dixie love story has had on the people in her life: " One thing I knew for sure, unless Mama had gotten a job, she was home, because it was time for All My Children.

If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.

His signal was for the other dogs to come running, but it was also the signal for Mama and the other maids to watch out.

Finally, Mama did mention to Mrs. Coolidge that she felt sorry for the little dogs, and then Mrs. Coolidge decided to leave the radio on for them while she was gone, even though her husband disapproved of the waste of electricity.

Mama was now the first maid to Mrs. Coolidge, because Catherine, the previous first maid, had become ill and died.

It was a high mark for Mama.

The first royalty whom Mama ever waited on in the White House was Queen Marie of Rumania, who came to a State dinner given in her honor on October 21, 1926.

She was not an overnight guest in the White House, but Mr. Ike Hoover, the chief usher, had Mama check her fur coat when she came in, and take care of her needs.

Mama said she was one of the prettiest ladies she had ever seen.

Mama was very patriotic, and one of the duties she was proudest of was repairing the edges of the flag that flew above the White House.

Mama had told her how Emmett's lungs had been affected when he was gassed in the war.

It was her job to stand at the foot of the stairs, and, just as the First Lady stepped off the last tread, Mama would straighten out her long train before she marched to the Blue Room to greet her guests with the President.

Mama stooped down to fix the train, but there was no train there!!

Mama swirled the train in place, and not a step was lost.

In the kitchen Mama was wiping the cupboards.

If there was a fire or a flood he would save Mama first and Violet next.

The cake was received in a stunned silence that was evidence in itself of the dearth of taste thrills Mama had been providing.

Mama was vulnerable ; ;

Huayna Capac's sudden death and followed days later by the Incan heir apparent from a strange disease, described by one smallpox precipitated a bitter power struggle between Huáscar, whose mother was Coya ( meaning Empress ) Mama Rahua Occillo and legetimate heir, and Atahualpa, a son who, borne to a Quitu princess, and reputedly his father's " favorite.

That meant `` Mama wants you Quint.

When the chain expanded outside of Texas, people unfamiliar with the name did not understand what " Ninfa " meant, so the chain named restaurants outside of Greater Houston and Greater Dallas " Mama Ninfa's Mexican Restaurants.

In it Phillips describes such events as the first meeting between her and fellow Mama, Cass Elliot, winning 17 straight shoots at a crap table in the Bahamas when the band was broke and could not afford the air fare back to the United States, and how her writing credit on " California Dreamin '", which still nets her royalties, was " the best wake-up call " she ever had ( she was asleep in a New York hotel room when her then husband John Phillips woke her up to help him finish a new song he was writing ).

As the oldest girl in her family, Fredi helped raise her younger siblings Isabel, Rosebud and Robert with the help of her grandmother, who the family called " Big Mama.

After Mama ( Miriam Byrd-Nethery ), an elderly woman appears, Michelle begs her for help, but is ignored.

Mrs. Coolidge gave Mama this dress for me, and I wore it many times.

Mama didn't know what to do -- whether to tell on Rob Roy or not -- since she had the ear of Mrs. Coolidge more than the other maids.

Mrs. Coolidge chose Mama in her place.

Mama said that if Presidents were supposed to be colorful, Mr. Coolidge certainly made a good president.

On the social side, the chore Mama had at the formal receptions at the White House thrilled her the most.

A few years before his death Papa had agreed with Mama to make a joint will with her in which it would be provided that in the event of the death of either of them an accounting would be made to their children whereby each child would receive a bequest of $5000 cash.

But things were worked out in the family and late in August he wrote Miss McCrady an explanatory letter in which he told her that matters at home had been in an unsettled condition after Papa's death and he had not known whether he would stay at home with Mama, accept the Northwestern job, or return to Harvard.

She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta, Billie Holiday and Big Mama Thornton.

In 1973 Ullmann made her New York stage debut in the unsuccessful Broadway revival of I Remember Mama.

Gordon won an Emmy Award for a guest appearance on the sitcom Taxi, for a 1978 episode called " Sugar Mama ," in which her character tries to solicit the services of a taxi driver, played by series star Judd Hirsch, as a male escort.

She won an Emmy Award for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter ( 1979 ) with Gena Rowlands, and was nominated for her performances in White Mama ( 1980 ) and Little Gloria ...

She is probably most famous for her roles as Mama Fratelli in The Goonies and as Mrs. Lift, Danny DeVito's mother, in Throw Momma from the Train.

In Quechua her name is sometimes written Mama Uqllu.

One myth surrounding the moon was to account for the " dark spots "; it was believed that a fox fell in love with Mama Quilla because of her beauty, but when he rose into the sky, she squeezed him against her, producing the patches.

Relatives of Mama Quilla include her husband Inti, god of the sun, and her children Manco Cápac, first ruler of the Incas, and Mama Ocllo, his wife.