Gayle, at 16, is probably best-known for playing Nicky, the granddaughter of Tom Selleckâs character on the hit CBS series Blue Bloods. Detachment, not unlike Kayeâs masterpiece American History X, has a lot on offer and Gayle, for one, is primed to explode. It tells the story of Henry (Brody), a substitute teacher grappling with his troubled past.
Orphans by Thomas Kennington. An orphan (from the Greek Î¿ÏÏÎ±Î½ÏÏ orfanÃ³s) is a child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition.
Orphan drug. A term for a drug that treats a rare disease, defined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans.The FDA has an Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD), which offers grants to researchers to develop these products.ny drug, biological, medical device, or food of potential or actual use in treating 'orphan' diseasesâdiseases regarded by the pharmaceutical industry as too rare for developing commercially viable products. See Orphan disease. Cf Pseudoorphan drug.