Word: nephews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oils. In the last ten years of his life, he produced 800 oils and an even larger number of preliminary drawings and watercolors. The process of distilling the essence of dozens of sketches into one painting "was something like an electric discharge," says Vincent W. Van Gogh, his nephew and chairman of the foundation from whose collection the current display was assembled. "That's why in Provence he could very often complete a large painting in a single...
...Ahmanson's lucrative combination of S. & L.s and insurance prompted Justice Department antitrusters to investigate his operations, but the inquiry was soon dropped. "They call Uncle Howard an octopus," said his nephew and business associate, Bill Ahmanson, a few years ago. "But the worst that can be said about Unc is that he lives to build capital and to run his own show...
Even so, one professional handicapper said a few days ago, "You know why I picked that one? Well, his name is Doctor S and my nephew is in the hospital...
...this, she is not unfeminine. She and her friends spend their meager clothes-allowance in Tel Aviv, not content with the kibbutz's anachronistic styles. Every night she deliberates over what to wear to the evening meal. She passes long hours after work playing with her year-old nephew...
...switched his support to the newer and more political FLOSY. Today, the N.L.F.'s only visible leaders are its secretary general, Qahtan al Shaabi, 47, an engineer who once served as director of agriculture in one of the federation's tiny sultanates, and his hard-eyed young nephew, Feisal. What outside support they have, if any, remains their secret. FLOSY, on the other hand, boasts a stable of well-known politicians and administrators, led by Abdul Qawee Mackawee, 48, onetime Chief Minister of Aden, and Abdullah Asnag, 32, former boss of Aden's powerful trades unions...