Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...received the letter from Henry B. Cabot. Esq. '17, through his cousin J. Sturgis of Hamsey House pay for their own transportation to Great Britain, they will be entirely supported and provided for during their stay there. All men who are interested are requested to see Raymond Dennet of Philips Brooks House...
...later a delegation of Croats led by Poglavnik (Leader) Ante Pavelitch arrived in Rome to offer the Crown (a wreath of golden clover leaves surmounted by a cross and an apple) to anybody Italy's wry little King Vittorio Emanuele should designate. The King had a couple of cousins who were in need of work. One was the Duke of Aosta, who had just finished losing the Crown of Ethiopia for his Cousin Vittorio (see p. 37). The other was Aosta's lean, towering younger brother, Aimone, Duke of Spoleto, who has done most of his campaigning...
...Hunt Cup race, the Iroquois (three miles, 18 jumps) turned out to be tough. Galsac, the favorite, bowed a tendon on the next-to-last jump. Another horse broke a leg, was destroyed. Winner was Rockmayne, a bay gelding racing in the colors of Louisville's Barbara Bullitt, cousin of Ambassador William Bullitt. His time: 5 min., 41 2/5 sec. Her prize: $1,000 and a leg on an old silver cup made in 1820 for the Earl of Coventry...
...series of piercing yelps. Next morning the King of Kings mounted a twelve-foot dais and appointed three generals in his Army. His son, Crown Prince Asfa Wassan, he appointed a lieutenant general. His son, the Duke of Harar, he appointed a major general. The son of his second cousin, Chieftain Ras Kassa, he appointed a brigadier general. The two sons each got a kiss on each cheek for good measure...
...Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript...