star = 'splendid person'

[Leslie Decker]

>

> I've been hearing that for years, but I admit that it may have been
> all from my British friends. I can't recall.
>
> The last example I can remember was this summer when my friend's plane
> from London was delayed so he wasn't likely to make his Austin
> connection in time for my birthday party. It was possible to make it
> if immigration wasn't too horrible (it was), but I went ahead and
> drove 3.5 hrs to Houston to pick him up so he wouldn't be stressed. I
> texted him to tell him, and when he landed, his reply was, "you're
> such a star!"
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:03, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
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>> A commercial for Quicken Loans has a pretend family of actors praising their
>> Quicken Loan representative. He made it so easy! "Matt was a star all the
>> way through!" they sigh.
>>
>> JL
>>
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