Word: kins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wrathfully he informed M. Clémentel that the Radical Socialists would not support him, although they are his closest political kin. "What a thrust!" wrote one French correspondent. "A mortal thrust through the vitals of Clémentel. A spiteful thrust at Briand...
...which he was charged with election corruption, was later exonerated; 2) His erection, as a realtor, of the U. S. Grant Hotel in San Diego at a cost of $1,500,000; 3) His second marriage, to a Mrs. America Workman Will, which was disapproved by Grant friends and kin...
...particular. From one smirked a dull, stupid face with drooping lips and averted, timid eyes. Surely, said most of the examiners, this man must be a moron. In the other was a man with a straight glance, a high forehead, a pleasant expression. Here, said the examiners, was kin of genius...
Painter Chandor's grandfather was Count Laszlo Chandor of Hungary, kin by marriage of the great Prince Metternich. His mother was an Irishwoman. Raised in England and at heart an Englishman, he, like many another young gentleman, considered it more sporting to go into the War as a "Tommy" in the ranks than to get a commission. After he came out, the tailstroke of what had smashed him up "a bit," smashed his family's fortunes. Instead of grubbing along or "going out" to the U. S. or Canada, he squared off at life, determined to develop his strongest talent...
...Editor Mitchell and Col. Mitchell are no kin...