Word: kins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...confused with U.S. Actor José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac), no kin...
...early part of the campaign, when we had time to be concerned about individuals who had been killed, I was deeply distressed as we identified our dead preparatory to writing letters of condolence to the next of kin. When the Catholic chaplain found one of his men, he performed a little rite that demonstrated his concern to the bystanders. He did something that satisfied their need for a token signifying their common distress. But when I found a Protestant boy, I could only gently cover his form again, while the spectators stood by in a silence heavy with disappointment...
...kin to hydrophile Matthew Webb, who swam the English Channel...
...boys are trying too hard. . . . For a change, I'd like to hear some programs that go in for horse sense rather than strained nonsense. ... If any of the comedians needs convincing I'd suggest [he] dig up the writings of 'Kin' Hubbard, the oldtime [Indianapolis News] columnist, [who] said almost 40 years ago: ¶ 'The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket...
Sparking the drive is the Government's Ail-Union Committee for Physical Culture. It is headed by Nikolai Romanov (no kin of the late Czar), who bosses 600 stadiums, 14,000 playgrounds, 6,000 skiing stations, 45,000 volleyball courts. Romanov's job is emphatically part of the Soviet preparedness program...