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Word: cousin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...start of World War II and by 1950 had risen to the rank of company sergeant. He survived the debacle at Dien Bien Phu and later retired as a captain. When the Central African Republic became independent in 1960, the country's first President (and Bokassa's cousin), David Dacko, named him commander of the army. As the fledgling state suffered through the inevitable independence pangs, the frustrated President at one point shouted to a group of bureaucrats: "What this country needs is a good revolution!" As head of the country's only organized institution, Bokassa swiftly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AFRICA: Mounting a Golden Throne | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

...Death of Justina," a businessman must ask the mayor of his community for a secret exception to zoning laws because his cousin Justina is dying in a ward where death is illegal...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Cheever Reads His Stories And Discusses Their Meaning | 12/2/1977 | See Source »

...Cousin, Cousine. At the Harvard Square, Friday at 1:35, 4:50, and 8:10. With Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...Cousin, Cousine is a charming and amusing French farce which, as the title indicates, revolves around an adulterous romance en famille. It may well be that if this movie were in English it wouldn't seem funny but merely silly, as may roommate claims. Nevertheless, there are some great bits about French family life, as when the hero's alienated teen-age daughter shows her snaps of last year's wedding (featuring subjects like "Uncle Pierre flashing a moon at dinner" and "Aunt Jeanne throwing up in the garden") and when the small children are given riot squad outfits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Astronauts to the Executive Washroom | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...look forward to seeing your relatives on Thanksgiving (especially the 12-year old hyperactive cousin) instead of watching the Lions-Bears game...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: You Know You're Bored | 11/22/1977 | See Source »

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