Word: nephew
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...five manufacturers, which also include Smith & Nephew and Stryker, disclosed the arrangements last week as part of an agreement to avoid federal prosecution that was announced in late September. The agreement did not mandate disclosure of consulting prior...
...acting is the main sore point in the film, especially when compared to the chops of Washington and Crowe. Even “homebound-after-arrest” pop-rapper T.I. brings a greater depth of realism to his role as Lucas’ wide-eyed nephew. Perhaps the vital string that ties “American Gangster” together is its soundtrack. Composer and music editor Mark Streitenfeld, who worked with Scott on “Gladiator” and “Black Hawk Down,” provides a powerful yet non-distracting score, but music...
...Bhuttos - even though Benazir had again fled Pakistan in 1999, to escape corruption charges (which she denies) and yet another military coup. Baloch danced out the door once more, leaving his pregnant wife at home, and chanting the same slogans. But this time Baloch did not come home. His nephew found his body in a Karachi morgue, victim of a devastating suicide attack on Bhutto's homecoming procession that saw 141 dead and hundreds critically injured. More than a third of the dead and injured hailed from Lyari. The following day, Bhutto praised those in the PPP who had lost...
...nearly 1,000 letters are to his beloved mother, Mary Doyle, beginning in 1867, when he was an 8-year-old boy at a Jesuit boarding school, and continuing until 1920, when Mary died. The book's editors - two Conan Doyle scholars and the author's great-nephew - also provide plenty of background material, rare drawings and photographs, and relevant excerpts from Conan Doyle's other works, making this the most comprehensive single volume out there...
...women in powder blue chadors opened its doors to unveil a portable library. They smiled at passersby and handed out white gladioluses and free books as part of a municipal program to promote reading. I got children's editions of epic Persian poetry to read to my nephew. "This is positive, at least," said an elderly neighbor. "But people are so unhappy, no one notices when they...