Word: son-in-law
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...gather in his office. Then he called Rocky and urged him to join them. Kissinger was going to be with the former Vice President, so he was included. Lady Bird Johnson was attending the service, so she too was invited. She asked to bring her daughter and son-in-law, Charles Robb, the new Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. With such an expected assemblage, Baker sent word to the White House that President Carter was welcome. He and Rosalynn accepted...
...overcame the 2-to-l Democratic bulge in the Virginia electorate by attracting twice as many independent voters as Howell. Only the election of middle-of-the-road Democrat Charles S. (Chuck) Robb as Lieut. Governor gave the Democrats any joy. Lawyer Robb, 38, Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law, is already being touted as a possible gubernatorial candidate...
...Johnny Boy" and accuses Dalton's camp of "Nazi-like" tactics. Howell has tried to temper his maverick image by invoking his closeness to Jimmy Carter, who joined him on the campaign trail last September. Moreover, Howell is running on the same ticket with Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law Chuck Robb, a reassuringly moderate candidate for Lieutenant Governor...
Sulzberger retired in 1961 and was succeeded by his son-in-law Orvil Dryfoos, the son of a hosiery manufacturer. A hand some and capable Wall Street broker, Dryfoos had been drafted into the paper shortly after his marriage to Sulzberger's oldest daughter, Marian. Like Sulzberger, Dryfoos carried on the Ochs legacy, but he faced new challenges. In 1962 he launched a separate West Coast edition, basically a condensation of the East Coast Times, but the venture got off to a bad start. The next year Dryfoos had to weather a 114-day strike of printing unions that left...
...Seaver left the dugout the night before he was traded to confer by telephone with Mrs. De Roulet. An agreement was apparently worked out. But next day, Seaver heard about a story by New York News Sports Columnist Dick Young, a staunch backer of Grant (Young's son-in-law is a Mets employee). The piece contained a belittling reference to Seaver and his wife Nancy. Seaver promptly called the Mets front office and announced: "Everything is off. I want out." That evening, to the unbounded joy of Cincinnati fans...