Word: cousin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Arabia, Lebanon and Kuwait, generate fears far out of proportion to their numbers. . . . The Shi'ites believe that the leadership of Islam should have remained in the Prophet's family. The Sunnis prefer to make such decisions by consensus. The Shi'ites supported Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law All, who became the fourth Caliph, or successor, before his assassination in 661. According to the Shi'ites, Ali and his descendants were Imams, divinely guided leaders and mediators between God and man. The last of twelve Imams disappeared in 940, and is believed...
...Roosevelt's charming, doomed younger brother Elliott, died when she was ten, after two years during which he was exiled from his family for drunkenness and other sins. She was an awkward, serious girl, nicknamed "Granny" by her mother. She did arouse at least the admiration of her cousin Franklin, whom she married when she was 20, but her attitude toward sex, which she recommended to her daughter Anna, was the proper one for upper-class women of her time: it was an ordeal to be borne. In 1918. as a young mother of five children, she was crushed...
Although Romance marks Oxenburg's acting debut, we have learned from numerous magazine and newspaper articles that she is no stranger to the ways of the upper classes. Related to both Charles and Prince Philip, she calls Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia "Mom" and is a cousin of Queen Sofia of Spain. The late Princess Marina of Greece, also known as the Dutchess of Kent, was a great aunt. Hair trimmed and parted to the side Diana-style, Catherine hauntingly resembles the real-life queen...
...acting debut, she is not unfamiliar with the privileges of the privileged classes. Related to both Charles and Prince Philip, Catherine is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, the grandniece of the late Princess Marina of Greece (who later became the Duchess of Kent), and a cousin of Queen Sofia of Spain. How's that for precision Di casting...
Williamson has played an active role in the development of women's athletics at Harvard, serving as an executive member of the new Harvard/Radcliffe Foundation for Women's Athletics, helping start an active "friends group" to donate funds which have transformed the j.v. program from "a poor cousin to varsity" to a team with nicer uniforms, better coaching, and a longer schedule...