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...their banjos than it seemed possible for undersized string instruments to contain. Matt and Andrew were transfixed. Half an hour later, Erin abandoned her stool and introduced herself as a friend of the bass player—he was Erin’s husband’s cousin, and that was her husband, over there, and that girl spinning on the dance floor? That was the bass player’s other cousin. Soon, Erin was sitting down, telling us about her bachelorette party, and then about her wedding, and how she desperately wanted children, but she was 28, losing...
Harvard College Libraries (HCL) has previously stated that Hilles was being downsized because they could no longer run a duplicate of Lamont. While it is true that HCL should not have to run twin libraries, the Quad Library should not be Lamont’s forgotten cousin. Quadlings deserve all the resources their River and Yard colleagues enjoy...
...ASSASSINATED. MOUSSA ARAFAT, 61, security adviser to Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, and a cousin of Yasser Arafat; after gunmen stormed his family compound, dragged him into the street in his pajamas and shot him 23 times; in Gaza City. Amid claims of responsibility by militant Palestinian group Popular Resistance Committees, which criticized Arafat as corrupt, Abbas put his security forces on heightened alert, vowing to punish the killers...
James Oliver (with cousin Alicia Labat) SAN FRANCISCO The cousins have managed to transfer from two New Orleans universities to one in San Francisco. For Alicia, a Californian, it is a homecoming; for James, an abrupt, indefinite exile from his beloved hometown...
...nothing short of a natural extension of its corporate philosophy. Wal-Mart built a $285 billion corporation by going where its competitors are not. That used to be small towns or underserved suburbs. Chicago's 37th Ward, with its scant retail options, is an urban village, a first cousin to the sorts of communities Wal-Mart had always targeted. Combine the lack of jobs and stores with a strong antiunion streak, and the West Side is perfect for Wal-Mart. "If you're going to pick a spot, why wouldn't you go to the West Side?" asked Ronald Powell...