Word: cousinly
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...first came down here from Macon County more than 30 years ago to nurse my cousin who was having a baby," says the fiftyish waitress who serves me my first cup of coffee on Main Street. "Now I can't even find the house I came to. Plains has changed that much -and all just lately. I think it's grand...
...well with earnest, staid Harold McGraw; he also demanded more autonomy for his magazine, which is the company's richest moneymaker, than McGraw was willing to grant. In this battle, Randolph made the mistake of allying with Executive Vice President Donald McGraw, who fell out with his cousin Harold and then quit the company and later left the board under pressure. Since Harold became chairman in 1976, another cousin, John McGraw, has also resigned as executive vice president...
...counted. Last week most family members publicly backed Harold McGraw, but some hinted that they might vote with their pocketbooks if Amexco sweetens its price. Indeed, one much rumored reason for Donald McGraw's leaving the company was that he was willing to listen to takeover bids while Cousin Harold...
Kenneth Lamoreaux grew up on his family's farm in the southwestern Utah town of Paragonah. One day in 1960, at age 15, he was diagnosed as having acute lymphatic leukemia. Ten days later he was dead. A cousin died of leukemia in 1963, another has suffered from thyroid cancer. One common denominator: proximity to more than 80 above-ground atomic-bomb tests held at the nearby Nevada proving grounds from...
...Edward Bok, which Gordon had to read in school. His father Cary William, "a man of few words who once pitched semi-pro ball against Babe Ruth and Lou Geh-rig," left Curtis to run a shipyard in Camden. His uncle Curtis was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice; his cousin Derek is now president of Harvard. Gordon, however, has declined the life of privilege, even though there are reminders of it all over town: several Camden landmarks were donated by his ancestors...