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...example the moral tone for the nation and the empire. Collective good conduct became a justification for authority and privilege. Duty, self-sacrifice, fidelity in service to the public weal and in Christian marriage were all to be embodied in word and deed by the monarch and her clan...
Until quite recently, we have tended to explain away tyranny perpetrated by blacks against blacks across the continent, attributing it -- sometimes correctly -- to manipulation by former colonial powers or by Washington. Genocidal ethnic conflicts such as the vicious clan warfare now taking place in Somalia go largely ignored. Conversely, black Americans have directed enormous rage at the oppression of black Africans by white South Africans, for the good reason that it is the brutally undemocratic African society that most closely resembles...
...that such dangers are overstated; it would take generations of inbreeding for such problems to surface regularly. A more important reason for the taboo is cultural: incest has been banned to preserve family harmony by keeping disruptive rivalries and jealousies at bay. It has also helped to strengthen kinship clans; by forcing members to marry outside the group, the clan expands its wealth and allies...
...bomb goes off, six people die, their loved ones weep. For the second time in two months, furious Italians beat the air with their fists. This, they shout, is too much; the time has come to face down the Mafia, the romanticized clan of criminals they love to hate but refuse to confront. THIS IS ALL-OUT WAR! the headlines scream. What was rarely said last week, as a shocked and shamed Italy tensed for the next blow, was that the Mafia has evolved into the world's foremost crime organization because in its war with the state, only...
...heterosexual brothers, whom he loves and whose interests he would like to promote. Ryan, the elder, faces a divorce he does not want. Tony is in a situation much like Patrick's: being propelled toward marriage to someone he no longer loves. The O'Neils are a close-knit clan from Boston's working-class suburbs, fiercely loyal people who are usually at cross-purposes because they find it almost impossible to speak their mind directly...