Commodities are thus a bit of an unloved step-child in a world in which everyone's new dad is a central bank.

Polonium remained the unstable, mostly ignored step-child element of the story, less famous, less interesting, less useful than Curie's beautiful radium.

Lovedy, she's my daughter, Cecile; she ain't no step-child, but my own, my werry own, bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.

It seemed to her sometimes that she was step-child rather than daughter of the dear new land, in spite of her yearning towards it.

The eleven year old (step-child for those of you doing the math) was a little less kiss-ass in his assessment of the day.

He is survived by his wife, Alice, his four children and five step-children.

Hereafter, madame, for the sake of our step-children, be more circumspect.

England gives her step-children the impression that they have seen it all before!

I suppose one would not mind eating one's step-children, though-wouldone?

I can't realize you are married and have three step-children.

No; Emily might spoil step-children if she had them, but she could not be unkind.

My form is not my step-children's, but I try to moderate my remarks about women.

One way to keep step-children's affection is to talk to them often and reverently of their own mother.

Now she tries to encourage the young people in her life, including her four brilliant step-children, to join her.

Fathers and mothers will be seen to take much more delight in their step-children then in their own children.

The SB advisers are still treated like barely tolerated step-children. (Additional reporting by Muralikumar Anantharaman in Boston)