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...departure from the council has fueled speculation about the future of the 70-year-long family tradition of holding a seat on the city’s legislative body.According to a report last week in the Associated Press, Edward Sullivan suggested that Michael’s cousin, also named Edward, may run for a Council seat. The younger Edward was elected Middlesex County commissioner in 1996, though the position was abolished a year later.The elder Edward could not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, the younger Edward declined to say whether he would definitely run for his cousin?...
...succinctly, and to spoil much of the novel, Jane is a bastard child who at first pretended to be a cousin of—but then decides to masquerade as—her dead but legitimate half-sister, the real Jane...
...between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam dates back to a 7th Century split over who would inherit the leadership of Muslims after the passing of the Prophet Muhammad. The Shiites believe that the Prophet had passed the mantle of leadership to his own descendants, first to his cousin and son-in-law, Imam Ali, who in turn passed it to his own son (and the Prophet's beloved grandson) Imam Hussein. They rejected the three Caliphs chosen by consultation among the Prophet's followers after his death - those recognized by the Sunnis, who constitute about three quarters...
...children an inability to function in casual conversation without the help of nicknames. This is the same man who deemed us Lucas One, Two, and Three (a hierarchy of order) and still can’t really justify why he did it. He has a nickname for every cousin and continues to nickname all the people I meet at college. Of course, these names are never used when directly speaking to my friends (though the cousins are subjected to the nicknaminess) but if I mention someone by their proper name, it is quickly repeated back in proper nickname form.So...
...ethnic conflict, violence that Thaksin's critics say has been exacerbated by his administration's heavy-handed military response to unrest, which won international notoriety when 78 people died in police custody after being arrested in Oct. 2004. Opponents condemn Thaksin's placement of relatives in key positions-his cousin, General Chaisit Shinawatra, was first made army chief and then the military's supreme commander, and his brother-in-law Priawpan Damapong serves as deputy chief of the national police. And long-running allegations of corruption in a contract to supply baggage scanners at Bangkok's new airport continue...