Word: brother-in-law
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...Washington William Duncan Herridge, the Canadian Minister to the U.S., resigned last week because he is the brother-in-law of Canada's defeated Premier, rich and pious Richard Bedford Bennett, long ailing in health. Said Mr. Bennett with entire sincerity and good humor, "I go out with a sense of relief, for reasons I need not define...
...ruthless egotist. Mark Faber (Roland Young) got into show business simply to make a fortune. To him the theatre is just one more racket he can beat. In the course of beating it he reduces his office staff to hysteria, seduces his virginal leading lady, cuckolds his deserving brother-in-law, demoralizes his amiable wife (Mary Philips). Faber manages to commit all this emotional mayhem with unbounded arrogance, callousness and a certain amount of charm which is conveyed by witty sayings and an engaging incompetence when wrestling with a trick duffel bag. The audience is likely to take Faber...
...ready for Sir Frederick, Chinese Finance Minister H. H. Kung hopped aboard a cruiser at Nanking and steamed up the Yangtze. Ahead of him on a specially chartered ship was his brother-in-law, onetime Finance Minister T. V. Soong, China's No. 1 financier. Down to meet them swooped from the interior their common brother-in-law. Generalissimo Chiang. A minor problem first to be disposed of was the abrupt resignation 'of Chinese Premier Wang Ching-wei and several lesser members of the Cabinet. Moon-faced Mr. Wang resigned "because of poor health," the others "in sympathy...
...daughters, his two sons, his in-laws. Better known for their records (Victor) than for concerts are Ben Stad, Dutch-born Philadelphian who began as a violinist, and his American Society of the Ancient Instruments. This is also a family affair, composed of Mrs. Stad, a son, a brother-in-law and a close friend named Jo Brodo who plays the quinton (five-stringed treble viol...
...Howe's song, written to the tune of John Brown's Body whose authorship seemed to be unknown. At MacIntyre's request Thomas Brigham Bishop wrote out the tune's true history. Said he: "It was really done as a joke upon my sanctimonious brother-in-law...