Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yemen is a battle be tween the 10th century and the 20th. The mountain tribes have no officers' corps or noncoms; they simply choose their sheiks and follow them into battle. "We captured 14 field radios,'' sighed Prince Abdullah Ibn Hassan, 25, a cousin of the Imam. "But none of my men know how to use them." Nor can they use captured tanks or trucks, since none of the tribesmen know how to drive. When they attack a tank, the tribesmen first kill off the accompanying infantrymen, then often set it afire with flaming corn stalks...
Great-Great-Grandfather Oliver Vanderbilt helped found the mighty Bank of Manhattan; Grandfather Joseph joined Abner Doubleday in introducing baseball; and Cousin Cornelius manipulated his vast holdings in stocks and railroads to become one of America's richest early millionaires. But Amy's favorite forebear is Great-Great-Grandmother Vreedenburg, who staved off bands of Tory marauders singlehanded during the Revolutionary War, having plunged the vast sums of gold she had into her copious bosom...
...effectively dominated thought until the beginning of the ninth century, when the horoscopy which had been exported to the East returned once more to Europe. At this time, Arabic texts were translated into Greek and Latin, and court astrologers were appointed. During the Renaissance both astronomy and its mystical cousin prospered...
...Crusades, his rich grandfather, father and uncles, all did their bit toward the greater grandeur of France. They were artists, too, as proved by their sketches of hunting scenes and country life, which are included in the exhibition. Says Count Robert de Toulouse-Lautrec, the painter's cousin and closest survivor: "Perhaps if Henri had not been deformed, he would have become a diplomat or an officer. But he certainly would have painted...
...Named after a 19th century New York financier, Eugene Jerome, whose cousin Jennie was the mother of Winston Churchill...