Word: son-in-law
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...give their shallow lives the semblance of drama. They want to believe the husband, because he speaks with such fiery protectiveness. They want to believe Signora Frola, because she was the first to speak, and because she clucks with such matronly concern over her daughter and her son-in-law, and because Joan Plowright invests her with such easy dignity. In fact, there are no facts, just testimony. As Laudisi, the one skeptic ion the crowd, says, "Oh please! What can you learn from facts? ... What on earth can we ever know about anyone else? Do you think we know...
...Preakness, weren?t inspiring enough, the horse seems to be carrying a patriotic pedigree as well. Three of the original six high school buddies from Sackets Harbor, N.Y., who ponied up $5,000 in 1995 to form the syndicate that now owns Funny Cide currently have a son or son-in-law serving in the armed forces. For at least one, the fairy tale of Funny (as he?s known around the stables) has been a particularly happy diversion...
...Owner John Constance, a two-term Sackets Harbor mayor and former-Marine, has a son-in-law, Major Pat Frank, with the 101st Airborne Division. Frank?s tent was one of the ones that was hit in March by grenades tossed by a fellow serviceman at Camp Pennsylvania, in Kuwait. Pat was returning from the showers when it happened. ?Its been such a strain on my poor daughter [Jennifer],? says Constance. ?It?s unfortunate he?s missing all this fun in our family, but the good thing is it?s keeping my daughter?s mind occupied...
...Eventually, family members were given a Baghdad contact through which to reach US operatives. Meanwhile, Numan's son-in-law, a medical doctor, was reportedly taken into custody in hopes of convincing him to lead them to Numan. But the son-in-law refused and was released...
...That did not fool US forces. When authorities zeroed in on Numan early Thursday morning, they first surrounded the houses of Numan's brother and son-in-law in the posh Baghdad neighborhood of Yarmuk. Numan wasn't at either address, but family members eventually led US forces to the nearby house of Numan's sister, where the fugitive was hiding. Carrying insulin, a few clothes and packs of Kent cigarettes, Numan was led away with his brother and son-in-law, both of whom have since been released...