51.   An only child of teachers who subscribed to The New Yorker, Ms. Chast remembers having an extremely unmemorable childhood and adolescence.

52.   An only child, Gary was so important to his mother that Betty Jones stocked up on mail-order parenting books.

53.   An only child, he grew up in a middle-class family that valued education but faced challenges about how to pay for it, he says.

54.   An only child, Levy was born in Metz, on the French northeastern border, just after World War II.

55.   An only child, Pir will be the first in his family to attend college.

56.   An only child, Theron was raised on a farm in Bononi, South Africa.

57.   An ace pitcher is like an only child.

58.   An only child herself, Falbo decided to study the subject in graduate school at UCLA.

59.   An only child, he has lived for the last six years in East Knoxville with his grandmother Joanne Renfro, a church secretary.

60.   An only child, Ibrahim is the sole supporter of his family.