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...Unity, a close friend of Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler paid her German hospital bills). Jessica ("Decca"), a restless would-be communist, eloped with a cousin who was also Winston Churchill's nephew. She later moved to the U.S. and had great success with her muckraking book on the funeral industry, The American Way of Death...
...smell the fish sticks from lunch in Sherron Watkins' 60-year-old house near downtown Houston, see the framed pictures of the family vacation and the baby in bunny ears and even one of her country-crooning second cousin, Lyle Lovett. Things have been so hectic, Watkins apologizes, that the Christmas ornaments haven't been put away yet. The daughter of two educators, Watkins grew up in nearby Tomball, where she worked the cash register at the family grocery store and began saving her money. By 1982, she'd picked up two accounting degrees in Austin and quickly found...
...course no grandfather's tale would be complete without some moralizing. Sept 11 "left marks on the economy that will not soon fade," and in an irrational-exuberance moment Greenspan reminded his audience that economic forecasting - and its kissin' cousin, investing - has been made even more difficult by the "major uncertainty that we all must deal with these days: The specter of further terrorist incidents on American soil. It simply is not possible to predict whether there will be any such incidents or to forecast their possible consequences for the economy...
...teacher stops him in the hallway. "My cousin was in Rescue 5 in Staten Island," she says, grabbing his hands and crying. "He..." Mike, who had done a rotation in that house, knows the name. "He was a good guy," he tells...
...show. For the most part, though, the cast and band rise to the task, particularly Stefan H. Atkinson ’03 whose radiant energy makes him simply shine in the title role of Tommy. Michael M. Donahue ’05 is similarly spellbinding as the tormenting Cousin Kevin. Also especially praiseworthy for contributing the dark side of the show are the performances of Scott M. Rowen ’02, who plays the alcoholic and pedophilic Uncle Ernie, and Megan L. Gaffney ’02, who plays the drug-addicted Gypsy...