Word: brotherism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...children rush up to greet him. "Gimmee some Co-ak," shouts 5½-year-old Thienan (nicknamed Firecracker) in a disconcerting Southern drawl. "I speak Vietnamese to him and he answers me in English," says Dr. Bui. Thien Nga, who at 3½ is nearly as tall as her brother, and Jo Ann, 2, both born in the U.S., compete for Bui's attention. The household also includes 14-year-old Loan, Simone's child by her first marriage. Bui's son Tuyen, 17, also from a previous marriage, is at an Arkansas boarding school that...
...Tuyen was close to military age and Bui, fearing the boy would be "drafted or used by the Communists," brought him along with his new family. Three other young children stayed behind with their mother, Bui's first wife. Bui's own mother and a brother who teaches school in Saigon also refused to leave. Once in the U.S., Dr. Bui encountered only one major setback. The first time he tried, he failed his national licensing exam. But after taking a three-month review with emphasis on reading English, he passed in December 1977 with the highest grade...
...modest Hughes has more than just that sense of where you are. George picks corners with his shots. He stickhandles deftly. He dekes the goalies into oblivion. Also, George has two new linemates and a younger brother named Jack who supplement his powers...
NUMBER ONE: This one came on a Crimson power play. Jack Hughes sliced through the UNH forwards at mid-ice and two Wildcat defensemen converged on Jack at the blue line. Jackie magnificently juked and deked, penetrated the offensive zone and slid the puck to brother George streaking onto the UNH net. A quick fake right drew goalie Greg Moffitt and George zinged his shot just inside the far post...
NUMBER THREE: The goal that gave the Somerville senior his third career hattrick (second of the season) came just 13 seconds after UNH's first score. Again, Jack Hughes attracted the UNH defensemen in the Wildcat zone, and again brother George received the puck with just Moffett to beat. A quick wrist shot sent Harvard to a 7-1 advantage...