Word: brother-in-law
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Shriver, whose biggest booster for elective office in Illinois has so far been himself, has also been mentioned as a possibility for Governor. When Shriver moved to Washington in 1961 to work for Brother-in-Law John F. Kennedy, he kept a room in Chicago's Drake Hotel, thus meeting the legal residency requirements. In recent years, he has shown enough interest in the Governor's chair to irritate both Kerner and Daley. Nonetheless, Daley and his Democratic machine may urge Shriver to challenge Dirksen in the hope that his national image-and Kennedy finances -will be enough...
...Brother-in-law of Artist Andrew Wyeth, whose own brother Nathaniel happens to be a Du Pont engineer...
...single-engine one-seater. Trouble was, Mooney proved to be a better aeronautical engineer than businessman. Learning that the aircraft maker was hopelessly in debt, Rachal decided to take "a calculated risk." In 1954, on the night before Mooney planned to file for involuntary bankruptcy, Rachal and a brother-in-law, Norman Hoffman, came forth with $225,000 to rescue the company...
...Mooney's internal operations on a straight course. To keep pace with growing output-from 348 planes in 1962 to 790 last year-he expanded Mooney's Kerrville plant. To hold down payroll expenses, he enlisted only two other executives-Chief Engineer Ralph Harmon and brother-in-law Hoffman, who serves as a vice president in charge of sales. His 1,000 plant workers get substantial incentive bonuses; Mooney is delighted that few of them have seen fit to join a union ("They're paid more for their services than...
...exegete." A line he once wrote to Buckley is engraved on his memory: "To live is to maneuver." And despite his devotion to conservatism, Buckley has learned to maneuver. He has urged his fellow Roman Catholics to moderate their hostility toward birth control and abortion, thereby alienating Brother-in-Law Bozell, who publishes the conservative Catholic magazine Triumph. Believing in the innocence of Edgar Smith, a convicted rapist now in the death house in Trenton, Buckley has done his level best to win him a retrial. In recent columns, he has come out in favor of L.BJ.'s rent...