Word: cousin
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...family have made their home since 1911. During his student years in that rollicking city, the budding architect visited the graceful three-story mansion often and drew inspiration from its French colonial touches and lush gardens. "This house holds my family's soul," says Pei's cousin Bei Nianzheng, who was born in the house in 1956 and still lives there. "But now the government says they will tear it down because of urban development...
...Greenspan's Wednesday testimony was a close cousin of his Senate testimony two weeks ago (the Fed itself labeled it an "update"). And not much has changed. Politicians still say stupid things in the Fed chairman's presence. The Fed is still optimistic about the economy's long-term prospects, and not much worried about inflation. And the short-term danger is still that people get so worked up about their fading 401k's and rising heating bills ("the rise in the cost of energy has drained business and household purchasing power," he said) that they turn Japanese and bury...
...have a scientific background. I'm pure business. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't here to make a dollar out of it. But I would like to see organ cloning become a reality." He was inspired to launch the business, he says, after a young cousin died of leukemia. "There are megadollars involved, and everyone is racing to be the first," he says. As for his own slice of the pie, Sloan says he just sold his firm to a French company, which he refuses to name, and that he is heading for Hawaii. The Southern...
...only twins with differences in our family. My father, a writer and former diplomat, had an identical twin brother, Francis, who was a right-brained banker. Francis, who died in 1992, also had identical twin daughters. My cousin Rose is an intense adventurist while her sister Peg is softer and more traditional...
...Losers ANNA KOURNIKOVA L'oeuf bug! A cybervirus as lethal as its Philippine cousin travels under the leggy tennis star's name TINTIN Zut alors! A bawdy spoof sends the francophone toon traveler on a salacious trip to Thailand AKEBONO First foreign sumo champ crashes motorcycle, then apologizes. To the bike? Verbatim...