Word: father-in-law
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...work in a local sawmill. He tries hard to keep his face shut, but he can't stand to "act the nigger." In private he advises the other millhands to stand up to the white man-if need be, to organize a union. He is fired. His father-in-law eventually wangles him a job in a filling station, but a few days later the white vigilantes warn his employer that the station will be wrecked if "that nigger ain't gone-and damn soon." In fury and frustration, the hero roughs up his wife and cuts...
...each wrong reply, the guide gets to whack the hunter on the rump with a willow branch. Smart Westerners can always retaliate with a few Red riddles of their own. One that is currently bouncing around the satellite circuit asks: "What did Aleksei Adzhubei learn when his father-in-law lost his job?" Answer: "That he married for love...
...ostensibly "private" journalistic tour. But when Adzhubei got to Bonn, it became clear that he was traveling on something more than an ordinary press pass. In a private talk with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, the Russian guest revealed his real mission: to arrange a visit to West Germany for Father-in-Law Nikita...
...seventh of Sweden, one-third of Norway, and a quarter of Finland lie above the Arctic Circle. -They had the same great-great-grandfather, Denmark's King Christian IX (1818-1906), whose skill at bagging the better thrones for his children earned him the sobriquet "Father-in-law of Europe." One of his daughters was Queen Alexandra, wife of Britain's King Edward VII; another, Princess Dagmar, married Russia's Czar Alexander...
...long been accustomed to having her own way, and she saw no reason why the paper should be an exception. Her obedient husband agreed, and he was in a position to help. After marrying Ofuji and taking the family name-an old Japanese custom -he replaced his father-in-law as publisher and president. Whatever Ofuji wanted was absolutely kekko desu with...