Word: sister-in-law
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...years my family has been completely ignored by my mother-in-law and sister-in-law, who live together in Florida. My husband would call for Mother's Day and other special occasions, but the gesture was never reciprocated. About six months ago, my mother-in-law became ill. My sister-in-law, bankrupt after ruining her business but still living lavishly, started calling her brother to ask for money. After some soul searching, my husband has sent many thousands--for [his sister's] mortgage payments, [his mother's] private nursing services and general household expenses. Is there...
...show on an open stage, with bare trees silhouetted against a translucent blue and orange backdrop. He got Bock and Harnick to write a new song in Act II, Topsy-Turvy, for Yente the Matchmaker (played by Nancy Opel, who stepped in after Barbara Barrie--Harnick's sister-in-law--was dumped when the producers decided she wasn't right for the role). Most important, for a show set in prerevolutionary Russia, Leveaux has taken a revolutionary communal approach: instead of schmaltzy star turns, he forges a cohesive and resonant human drama...
...tampering of due process and an attempt to influence the outcome of his repeatedly postponed hearing. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) allegedly intimidated members of Jubran’s key witness pool. After a grueling 9-hour interrogation by the FBI, Jubran’s sister-in-law subsequently declined to testify in his defense, according to Jubran’s legal filings. Jubran claims that his ex-wife was also interrogated by the FBI and told falsely that he had a hand in planning the Sept. 11 attacks...
Linda Schweitzer isn't a wallower. The petite blond, 56, is pragmatic and capable. Problems get solved, and little is left unresolved in her life. So when she was darkened by a profound sadness one ordinary Sunday afternoon at her sister-in-law's house in Shelton, Conn., she knew something had to be done...
...cause of her dismay? Call it family-happiness envy. Linda watched her sister-in-law Jan chat with her two grown children as five grandchildren roughhoused on the lawn; everyone lived nearby, and gatherings like this one were spontaneous and commonplace. For Linda and her husband Bill, on the other hand, visits to their two children were planned well in advance and punctuated by long absences. "Our children were living 3,000 miles away," she says. "We had lots of phone calls, and we got together for special occasions, but that's not the same as casual, no-special-reason...