Word: nephew
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...degree from Oxford University and a solid grounding in the law that would explain the plenitude of Tudor legalese in the plays? Again, unlike the Stratford man, this nobleman would have once resided in Venice, the site of several plays. An able soldier, our earl would also be the nephew of a pioneer in the form of sonnet we now call Shakespearean; another uncle translated Ovid's Metamorphoses, the source of much Shakespearean allusion. He would be hailed as poet and playwright and become patron of an acting troupe. Finally, what if our nobleman had on his crest a lion...
...Nile, until he is rescued by the Pharaoh's wife. In the Bible, Moses is rescued by Pharaoh's daughter, but the filmmakers decided a close relationship between Pharaoh's son Rameses and an adopted brother Moses would be more compelling than their interacting as uncle and nephew. Some other dramatic devices were also invented. "We have 88 minutes to tell 70 years in the life of Moses," says Katzenberg. "We can never be a literal retelling of the Bible. We've edited God, but we have not rewritten...
...years she has been with the firm. When she goes to California on business, she stays a few extra days to visit her sister--courtesy of the boss. "If it weren't for these business trips, I would probably never get to see my sister and 12-year-old nephew," McCune says. "This is my twin sister, and we are very close. And it's real important to me that I can go to my nephew's soccer games and watch him grow up, even though he lives so far away...
Five years ago, my sister shared with me that her son is gay. Since I was close to my nephew, I asked why he did not "come out" to me--only to be told that he was afraid I would reject him. This really saddened me. I called him immediately and told him that I loved him. It was the first time I realized that someone I knew and loved...
...daughter--and a year of internal turmoil--brought me to PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays). Educating myself through experience and through PFLAG has been the best thing that has happened to me in terms of coming to understand who my daughter and my nephew are. I believe, at this point, that being gay is not a choice. Why would somebody choose this lifestyle only to be persecuted...