Word: brother-in-law
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Elizabeth, ninth child of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, lived an unfettered life until she married Prince Albert, second son of King George V. In her public duties, she was unfailingly gracious, with one conspicuous exception: while her brother-in-law, King Edward VIII reigned, she cold-shouldered Wallis Simpson. Her friends say that she could not accept their rejection of duty...
Others felt the real sting of political repression. Ordinary citizens are forced to play informer, Roger Arencibia, 27, a Havana dental assistant, said resentfully. "My brother-in-law was laid off from his factory and could not get another job," said Caridad Carrodeguas, a bookkeeper from Batabanó. "The factory managers want good revolutionaries. You can't complain, you can't speak out against anything openly...
...store. But along with turning bits of coral and mollusk mantle into bangles that are called She Shells, Key Biscayne Divorcee Helga Wagner also fashions fascinating friendships. She was the first person Ted Kennedy telephoned after his Chappaquiddick accident (the Senator later said he was only seeking Brother-in-Law Stephen Smith's telephone number in Spain). Britain's Prince Charles commanded Helga's presence as dinner and disco partner during his early-April polo visit to Palm Beach, then invited her to the Bahamas. The fetching honey blond, formerly married to Shipping Magnate Robert Wagner, says...
...Drabya Shah's unification of a people already almost two millenia old. In the unbroken line of kings that has followed, His Majesty Birendra Shah in 1972 assumed the throne vacated by the death of his father Mahendra Shah, and his grandfather Tribhuvan Shan before him. Like his brother-in-law, King Birendra also attended Harvard, spending 1967-8 as a Quincy House student "taking a crash course in affairs of state," according to Shah...
...government, claiming that "My relation with the King is just not relevant." He identifies his responsibility as an editor with perceiving "how best I can serve the interests of the country, King and people," noting that the equilibrium he must maintain as both an editor and brother-in-law to the King "reflects our country--balancing is an art every Nepalese is adept at." But when a newspaper editor endorses censorship of the press, the source of his ultimate loyalty--the people or the King--no longer seems in doubt. It may indeed be a tightrope act, but he need...