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...When I asked him what he was referring to, he said, as if quoting, “Macchio, Ralph. Ralph Macchio was a significant early player who changed the way mustaches are worn, and rarely receives credit for his pivotal role in the My Cousin Vinny counter-culture. His name is also the source of the term ‘Macchio’ (adj., n.) referring to the male instinct to act like Ralph Macchio’s character in the Karate Kid (before Mr. Miyagi’s tutelage) when under duress. (Example: ‘Sir, this...
...Aziz (also known as Ammar al-Baluchi), a nephew of captured al-Qaeda operations boss Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and first cousin of 1993 World Trade Center bombing mastermind Ramzi Yousef, was arrested with a higher-ranking al-Qaeda lieutenant, Walid Ba 'Attash, aka "Khallad" or Tawfiq Bin Attash an Osama bin Laden intimate who is believed to have organized the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen...
...bought to a climatic point of self-awareness by the impending nuptials. The relationships seem to have been constructed to demonstrate the ravages of globalization: the groom, for example, has flown in from Houston and is clumsily out of touch with traditional Indian customs; the bride’s cousin begins an affair with a distant Australian relative whose western norms of sexual permissiveness complicate the coupling...
Soriano said that some personal connections with Packers personnel helped seal the deal. Green Bay head coach Mike Sherman is the first cousin of former Harvard offensive line coach Jim Turner...
Denner argued at Pring-Wilson’s bail hearing last week that his client was being attacked by Colono and Colono’s cousin when he used his pocket-knife to stab Colono...