Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of the Dominion of India, got the royal nod from his cousin, George VI, on his selection of titles to go with his new earldom (TIME, Aug. 25). Henceforth, it was announced in London, he will be known as Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey of Romsey...
Lewis G. Slack of 120 Waverly Street, Everett, cousin of Armstrong, added however, that the youth was given to intense periods of solitary study ever since he entered the School of Arts and Sciences last February. "He'd been going at it awfully hard lately," said Slack...
...Russian-made cousin: Mikki Maus. Some names of the original Mickey, elsewhere: Miki Kuchi (Japan), Miguel Ratoncito (Spain), Michel Souris (France), Musse Pigg (Sweden), Camondongo Mickey (Brazil), El Raton Mickey (Argentina), Mikel Mus (Greece...
...altered form -in Michigan's annals. Said the Michigan captain: "In view of the circumstances, I suggest we end the game by mutual agreement." Answered the Stanford captain bravely, through bloody lips: "We'll play on." A few minutes later, Stanford's W. K. Roosevelt (a cousin of Teddy's), one of whose legs had already been banged up earlier in the game, injured the other. That did it. The game was called off with six minutes left to play. Said Stanford's captain: "If you are willing, sir, we'll call...
...Yachtsman Gerard B. Lambert, former president of the Lambert (Listerine) Co. and onetime executive chairman of the Gillette Safety Razor Co.; in an air crash; near Bryce Canyon, Utah (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Gerard Jr. was the fourth of his clan to be killed in an airplane crash (1927: cousin James T. Walker Jr.; 1929: cousin George Lea Lambert; 1939: cousin Samuel B. Lambert...