Word: sister-in-law
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...running against House Speaker John McCormack's nephew Ed, the President quipped: "We're not sending in any troops, just a few training missions. We're confining ourselves to the slogan, 'We'd rather be Ted than Ed.' " Referring to his sister-in-law, he said it was not true that "we're going to change the name of Lafayette Square to Radziwill Square-at least, not during my first term." About Jackie's trip he observed: "I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant...
...from oils to tiles, that were also mostly by Matisse. Though now owned by many collectors, these treasures were once a part of one of the earliest and most significant collections of 20th century art. They belonged to San Francisco's Michael and Sarah Stein (brother and sister-in-law of Gertrude and Leo), the well-to-do and cultivated Americans-in-Paris who, beginning in 1905, became the invaluable patrons of the daring young Matisse...
After Diem took office in 1954, his brother and sister-in-law moved into the Freedom Palace with him. Nhu advised his brother on army promotions, official appointments and business contracts. Inevitably Saigon gossip linked Nhu and his wife to government graft. Madame Nhu indignantly denies the charge. "Money enslaves people," she says, "I use money in the most artistic way when I have...
...stairs of the palace's east wing to a cellar fortified against such emergencies, flashed word by telephone to his military commanders just as a napalm bomb turned the west wing into a smoky shambles. In a west wing apartment, meanwhile, Diem's brother and sister-in-law, Braintruster Nhu (still clad in pajamas) and Presidential Hostess Mme. Nhu, snatched three of their children (a fourth was away from home) and bolted for the basement. In the scramble, Mme. Nhu fell down the steps, bruising her arms, legs and forehead. Also to the bunker rushed another brother. Archbishop...
Returning to the embassy, Ethel rested briefly, then appeared in a light yellow princess-style dress (with matching hairbows) at a hen party with 250 embassy women, including secretaries and wives of staffers. To the ladies, Ethel conveyed greetings from her sister-in-law Jacqueline, continued, "I'm so happy to see that you're all living out the President's inauguration speech and deepening American-Japanese relations. You've really gotten your lights out from under the barrel." After that, there were only a few more functions: a visit to the home of Japanese Businessman...