Word: aunt
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...jelly sandwiches, hold the peanut butter). It was also before the Milwaukee County Human Services Department asked the Coxes to adopt the girls, now 5 and 6, and the couple readily agreed. But on June 14, M.W. and T.W. were removed by court order to the home of an aunt. Since then the Coxes have been allowed to see the children only once, on July 28, when they all dined together at a rib joint under the strict supervision of a caseworker. "We raised these girls for five years," Beverly says indignantly, "and now I can't even take them...
...reason, the Coxes believe, is that the girls are black and the Coxes are white. "The issue is biology, not race," says Jeff Aikin of Human Services, which changed its position after the aunt demanded custody of the girls. But as Beverly remembers it, the aunt, who wants to care for the children without terminating her sister's parental rights, said, "I don't want the kids raised or adopted in a white home." The Coxes have appealed the removal order--and phoned Hillary Clinton's office seeking support. Two weeks ago, the First Lady ended her new syndicated newspaper...
...hours, poring over the medical dictionary”), and her relentless research into her family’s history through conversations with relatives, especially her father and her uncle. During her genealogical exploration, Yalini comes to realize that she is the product of her ancestors, most resembling an aunt named Uma who was brilliant but suffered from an undefined mental disorder, possibly schizophrenia. The novel develops a complex and multi-faceted relationship with tradition. We see Yalini’s family tree before we hear a word of the story, and this respect for tradition is further emphasized by Yalini?...
Sitting in her spacious single in the Jordan section of Pforzheimer House, Tamara Jafar ’09 talks to her great-aunt in Baghdad on the phone. Her mind travels to the house she shares with several other relatives...
Although Jafar’s great-aunt does not speak English, she does say, “I love...