Word: clan
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...paying their dues two or three hours at a time in places such as Ljubljana, Slovenia, that most Americans haven't heard of. That's an everlasting statement of their commitment to the craft, and it's one of the criteria that separate them from the Wu-Tang Clan and other great hip-hop acts. Wu-Tang has as many seeds of interest across the world as the Roots do, but you have to go to each one of those seeds and water them. You've got to be able to get in front of the public and make your...
...Caroline is released that night. Next day, the clan floods the fourth floor of HealthSouth to finally pay the visit we had come for. Mama, in a wheelchair, is surrounded by her 85-year-old husband, her three kids, her son-in-law and daughter-in-law and her five grandkids-our three and Gail and Scott's two. There's a lot of talk about all the recent trips to the hospital by everyone here, and about Mom's hip, but the acute focus is on Caroline. She's tired but happy, still with no appetite and still with...
...rules in the months leading up to the crash. More than 90% of the city's brokers are descendants of Marwari traders who emigrated from Rajasthan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Contrary to the broker communities in Bombay and elsewhere, the Marwari are a tight-knit clan, often linked by marriage. They had few qualms about trading stocks among each other on the basis of a handshake. Finance for trades could be had from a number of Marwari lenders holding small fortunes, usually acquired from trading jute, but also from other Marwari-controlled businesses, such as real estate...
...KENNEDY R.F.K.'s son ends bumbling bid for Mass. House seat; Kennedy clan feared he'd lose. Tough crowd...
Down in the fifth of a square mile that is Balata, it is not venerated old families like the Masris who rule. The graffiti on the walls mark the territories of clan-based gangs like the Dan-Dan, or personal militias who owe their allegiance to local leaders with nicknames like Baz-Baz. Among the 30,000 residents of the camp, 65% of workers are unemployed, up from 25% before the Aqsa intifadeh kicked off eight months ago. It is estimated that there are 5,000 guns in the camp...