Word: brother-in-law
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This morning, a former Harvard freshman swimming captain will appear in Roxbury District Court on a charge that be threatened bodily harm to his brother-in-law. Other College athletes have undoubtedly had similar contact with the law, but none possess such fanatical passion for long distance swimming nor have been so sensationalized by the Boston Press...
After a short while in the rough sea, he was reported lost by the Boston papers, but the Coast Guard refused to search the Bay for him unless one of his family first reported him missing. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law, Stephen A. Thomas, brought suit against Grover for threatening him, and a warrant was sworn...
...bullies his clients and lays down the law, once told an executive: "You'll probably have to fire every foreman you've got working for you." Another time, when a company head came in with his troubles, Scanlon roared: "Why in hell did you put your brother-in-law in that job? That'll have to be changed...
...fire turned the merry partnership to ashes. Their Broadway Theatre Comique burned to the ground in the winter of 1884. Harrigan accused Hart's brother-in-law of quitting his night watchman's post early. Hart upbraided Harrigan because Harrigan's father had allowed their $30,000 fire-insurance policy to lapse...
...matter were it not for the "terrible bear" to the north. Three years ago, backward* Afghanistan would not have dared to make demands on bigger and well-armed Pakistan. At that time Afghanistan was governed by two of the King's pro-Western uncles. Then Daoud Shah, brother-in-law of the King, began to get ambitious. In Moscow for Stalin's funeral, Daoud talked to Molotov long and earnestly. Six months later, backed by army leaders, Daoud ousted the King's uncles, installed himself as Prime Minister and named his brother Nairn as Foreign Minister...