He then walked the mile and a half back to the cottage and sought help from his cousin and a lawyer who was joint host.

接着，他走了一英里半路回到别墅，寻求他的表亲及派对的联合主办人，一位律师的帮助。

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Darwin's request was denied, but his concern lives on today. More than half of the states in the U.S. have explicit limits on first-cousin marriages.

达尔文的要求被拒绝了，但是他的担忧如今仍存在，美国超过一半的州都对第一代表亲结婚进行了明确的限制。

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They held the wedding banquet a week later, on Jan. 4, where Mr Zhou's mother formally handed over the dowry -- half of it loans from family members -- to a woman she believed to be Ms. Cai's cousin.

一个星期后， 也就是1月4日，他们举行了婚礼。 周先生的母亲正式将彩礼（彩礼中一部分是从亲戚那借来的）交给了被认为是女方亲戚的女人。

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His stint lasted for a year and a half, until his cousin engineered a sale of the company to Vivendi Universal, a former water company that bought its way into the record and film business.

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His stint lasted for a year and a half, until his cousin engineered a sale of the company to Vivendi Universal (nyse: V - news - people ), a former water company that bought its way into the record and film business.

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Another legend tells of a half-troll whose daughter was pushed onto a passing iceberg by her cousin.

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