Word: clan
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...less clear—I’m a European hodgepodge on my father’s side. But Ireland also appeals to me with its history of dance, drink and the intoxicating notion of clanship. Besides evoking memories of long ago battles and ruthless warriors, a clan name has intrinsic meaning. When someone says “O’Dea,” my ears instantly perk up and I want to explore another tie to the long-lost relation...
...everyone that she was an “O’Day”—the alternate spelling of O’Dea—and that she and I were in fact, related. This sense of being a true relative of any person in your clan can be a little burdensome at times—last summer, I met a friend of a friend who was also an O’Day, and I conveniently neglected to tell him that the O’Day’s and O’Dea’s were...
...common name is not necessary to make a clan, as recent experience has proved. I came here on the heels of babysitting children for the 25th reunion of the Harvard Class of 1979, and talking to a few alums reveals the connection you have to people many years removed from the Harvard experience. Meeting a Harvard alum offers a sense of solace and familiarity. House affiliation is usually the next question asked, and you may develop a further connection if the new acquaintance is part of your clan-within-a-clan. Various House wars and rivalries solidify this warrior nature...
...abundance of press coverage examining the managers’ salaries have dogged administrators and press officers at the University, but it remained unclear whether the seven-member clan of alums who drew so much media attention this year represented a broader opposition to compensation policies...
...this fall, another presidential election will soon give the voters of this country a chance to rid the White House of the Bush clan for a second time. We hope they...