Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Susan R. Weld '70, research fellow in East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, moderated the two-hour panel discussion. She is a cousin of Eleanor Roosevelt and set the tone for the evening when she quoted Roosevelt, who said she "would rather light a candle than curse the darkness...
...humankind, there have always been geniuses born to the general population at random intervals. But geniuses have rarely married other geniuses because there were so few and it was unlikely they would meet. Until recently, people married whoever lived nearby and wasn't a relative. And if your cousin's parents were willing to give you a fine-looking goat, you would be flexible on the relative issue too. Not that it mattered, since the demand for geniuses was low. But lately the demand for geniuses is growing exponentially, along with their breeding opportunities, thanks to the technology industry...
...example, at the baby shower, Tommy's aunt airily tells the expectant mother, "You know what they say: born under Venus, look for a--" before being neatly cut off by her cell phone. And Drew, when his daughter demands to know why she is being left at her cousin Tommy's house for the day, sweetly explains that "Daddy has to work overtime so Mommy won't be ashamed of his corporate earnings...
...know how to read and do basic math. But the truth was John didn't want to work in town. He never wanted to leave the community of Atitjere, and he was happy enough with the legends that his grandmother told him and the wondrous science of his cousin, the witchdoctor...
Jaspal Pabla, the former owner of Delhi Darbar, will try his hand elsewhere. According to Jaswinder Singh, Pabla's cousin and an employer at the Cafe of India, Pabla will work at a new Indian restaurant, Bhukhara, in Jamaica Plain...