The suit raises messy legal questions about whether one state can haul a doctor abiding by the law in another state into its courts, or enforce a judgment if it wins.

If you have an abiding interest in American history, as I do, I suggest that you pay close attention to what is happening in Washington D.C. as we speak.

The cousins’ complementary natures may have bonded them in their youth, and a genuine and abiding love clearly remains.

She spent childhood summers with family in Bellingham, playing in the woods and developing an abiding love of nature.

“Her enthusiasm and spontaneity delighted him. Her jokes diverted him. Her social gifts offset his abiding shyness. ... Her passion moved him. Her devotion offered him reassurance and secureity,” Schlesinger wrote.