Word: brotherism
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...just one tactic to topple Arroyo. The strategy?according to foes of Arroyo as well as palace insiders?is to first discredit the 58-year-old former economics professor in order to turn popular opinion against her. The Senate is investigating allegations that Arroyo's husband, son and brother-in-law were involved in an illegal gambling racket?allegations that they have denied. And the House of Representatives has started hearings about the tape. There might well be another scandal or two along the way, made public at what Arroyo's enemies deem a vulnerable moment for her. Then...
...another Palestinian named Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi. Inside Hasi's apartment, West German detectives found what appeared to be a sketch of the La Belle discothèque, where an explosion three weeks earlier had killed two people and left 230 wounded. They also discovered that Hasi was Hindawi's brother, that he had visited Libya at least once since moving to Berlin in 1975, and that even though unemployed, he was inexplicably in possession of large amounts of American dollars...
When money is at stake, family ties can be stretched thin indeed. The largest U.S. winemakers, Ernest and Julio Gallo of Modesto, Calif., have filed suit in U.S. district court in Fresno against their younger brother, Joseph Gallo, for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition. Reason: since 1984, Joseph, a longtime California-based wholesale producer of meats and cheeses, has been marketing a retail brand under the name Joseph Gallo cheese...
...most of his action in the early '70s, after Owney returns from Viet Nam. His war experiences are locked inside him, and he has thrown away the key. He is literally and figuratively an underground man, emotionally detached from his family but bound by code and tradition to his brother sandhogs...
Suspicions about Syria's role were bolstered by an interview with Pierre Marion, head of France's foreign-intelligence operations in 1981-82. Marion said that during his term he met twice with Assad's brother Rifaat, who at the time headed one of Syria's secret-service branches. "I looked him in the eyes and I said, 'Your Excellency, you are going to promise me that there will be no more terrorist attacks in France,'" Marion recalled. "He promised it to me and he kept his word...