Word: cousinly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Daughter of former Washington Congressman William L. LaFollette and cousin to Wisconsin's late great Senator Robert M. LaFollette...
...incident no less dramatic actually happened in Wilmington in 1902. In that instance it was headstrong young Alfred Iréneé du Pont who proposed to buy the company, and Cousins Thomas Coleman, the promoter, and Pierre Samuel, the financial brain-still, at 80, a member of Du Pont's finance committee-who joined him to build the business and to expand it into the fields of peace. Shortly before World War I, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, like Baron, was found in violation of the antitrust laws and split into three separate companies. The parallels...
...town of Jammu the electricity and water system was wrecked, and 700 houses collapsed. Nevertheless, Dwarka Nath, a young shopkeeper, set off gaily, with his cousin Madan Mohan, for a wedding date with the lovely Uma Vanti in a village 50 miles away. After they had traveled 45 miles the young men came to the turbulent river Devak Nullah and found that the bridge had been swept away. As there was no boat available they plunged into the water. Madan Mohan, a strong swimmer, made the other bank. Bridegroom Nath spluttered, choked and turned back. With only one hour left...
...father knew it was bad luck for the bride if a wedding is postponed. Thinking fast, he asked Madan Mohan if he would take his cousin's place. One glance at the fair Uma, and Madan grinned consent...
...generations of Danish seafarers, Isbrandtsen came to the U.S. just before World War I to help start a shipping agency in New York. Within a week, young Hans had chartered a ship, loaded it with grain, and sent it to sea. Later he formed a partnership with a cousin who was in the shipping business in Denmark. The business flourished until World War II (Isbrandtsen became naturalized in 1936), but then their ships were taken over by the allied governments. After that, Isbrandtsen began to buy and charter ships on his own hook, and brought his two sons into business...