Word: cousin
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After her 16-year-old cousin is raped, Briony instantly identifies the perpetrator as Robbie, whom she has already judged to be a “thoroughly bad person.” And what ultimately compels Briony to lie about Robbie’s involvement, ensuring his wrongful incarceration, is the irresistible literary appeal of the event. By insisting that she “knows” Robbie as the shadowy figure she witnessed fleeing the scene of the crime, Briony can simultaneously create and partake in “her story, the one that was writing itself around...
...named album, she sought out help, moving to Memphis to record with a backing band filled with some of country music’s old-hands. Unfortunately, the transplant doesn’t take. It appears that Ms. Marshall was meant to be a city kitty, not a country cousin. Instead of her previous idiosyncratic and intensely appealing emotional girl-chants, here she turns in some faceless performances. Sweet, yes, but far too discreet. There’s little passion in her voice, and as a result, the tracks float by without distinguishing themselves. Part of the problem is Marshall?...
...interpreted as a ban. The Hadith, a compilation of Islamic traditions, specifically forbids the depiction of God and his prophets--including Jesus. Scholars through the ages have argued that such images encourage idolatry, which is regarded as a grave sin. Shi'ite Muslims make an exception for Muhammad's cousin Ali, who they believe was his rightful successor, so Ali's image is common in Shi'ite areas like Iran and Iraq...
NAMED. SHEIK SABAH AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH, 76, liberal-minded and pragmatic Prime Minister of Kuwait; as emir of the oil-rich Persian Gulf state; in Kuwait City. His appointment came after Kuwait's parliament ousted his ailing cousin Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, who had ascended to the throne following the death of the previous emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, two weeks...
...viewed as the indelible mark of a hoodlum in Tuxpan. Even his friends greet him with "What's up, gringo?" So Julio and Carlos spend a lot of time hanging out with other kids who, like them, are Americans in exile. There's Flor, 15, a cousin who also grew up in the Hamptons and speaks a rapid teenage patois. There's her boyfriend Luis, also 15, a basketball-crazy redhead who grew up outside L.A. "People get mad at us when we speak English together," says Julio. "They think we're trying...