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This is when I mentioned to Kudrow that I've met one family member who is into genealogy: my cousin Carol. It was at my mom's second wedding, and Carol wanted birthplaces and dates for this giant book she'd brought. Let's just say that you shouldn't ask someone to fill out a survey when they're at their mom's second wedding unless it's about how many vodka sodas they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctantly, Joel Stein Discovers His Roots | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Kudrow really wanted me to call my cousin, at which point I admitted that I think people like her and Carol are massive dorks. (See pictures of John McCain's family tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctantly, Joel Stein Discovers His Roots | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...masters at summoning indignation. As a piece of political theater, the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday into Toyota's troubles had everything you could hope for: testy exchanges, Clintonian hairsplitting, obnoxious grandstanding, tearful testimony and even multiple references to Marisa Tomei's automotive wizardry in My Cousin Vinny. But the spectacle failed to untangle the knottiest question looming over the proceedings: whether Toyota has definitively pinpointed the problem causing its cars to accelerate out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Puts Toyota (and Toyoda) in the Hot Seat | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...really tough when you interview somebody and they describe how they've been shot or they've lost their cousin, and you say - "Oh, you were only shot in the leg" or "It was only your cousin." The truth is I know that if under the next tree I find someone who was shot in the side and lost two of their children, that's the kind of story that will make readers pay attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Cohen’s performance is especially moving in a one-sided conversation he delivers recalling an exchange with Li’l Bit’s cousin, Bobby, while teaching him how to fish. While he reassures the unseen boy that it is acceptable for men to cry, Cohen exudes a tenderness that renders him both pathetic and heartbreakingly...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: B.U.'s 'How I Learned' Driven by Powerful Acting | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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