Word: armenian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Challenged in 1948 by Democrat Paul O'Dwyer, the mayor's brother, Javits flooded the district with pamphlets, a comic book that showed him disarming a deranged gunman and saving the neighborhood (pure fantasy), even a brochure in Armenian for the handful of voters who spoke the language. He won by a bare 1,873 votes. It was never quite as harrowing again. In 1950, his margin rose...
Although Charles Aznavour is a Parisian, he is Armenian by blood, and his keening laments have echoes of the Middle East in them. Their deepest roots are not in the Paris streets but in the tavernas of Greece, the souks of Morocco and the wailing wall of Jerusalem. Aznavour has the power to affect an audience the way he does because he sings of a betrayal beyond love, something unutterably sad at the heart of things, the treacherous, tragic nature of life itself...
Also Jam Sessions. In the Armenian capital of Yerevan, hundreds of fans attempted to batter their way into the concert hall, and heavy police reinforcements had to be rushed in to quell the riot. Pianist John Browning, 31, whose brilliant interpretation of Barber's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra was one of the critical highlights of the tour, attracted an avid following of young girls, who stormed the stage crying "John, John . . . oh, John!" When Violinist Gino Raffaelli was spotted on the street, the volatile Armenians demanded an impromptu sidewalk recital. He complied...
...Jerusalem. With hundreds of Jews attending, the Y put on a carol sing to mark the Christmas of Protestants and Roman Catholics. On Jan. 6 it will hold another celebration of the birth of Christ for Orthodox Christians, and on Jan. 18 still a third for Israel's Armenian Christians, who follow the old Julian calendar...
...stands to reason that Parseghian must have been a beautiful baby. His father named him after a mythological Armenian king named "Ara the Beautiful," and his mother kept him in dresses until he was six. As soon as he graduated to pants, he started sneaking off to play tackle football with the older kids in Akron, and the only way mom could get him home was to come after him with the sawed-off broomstick she used to stir the family wash. As an eighth-grader, Ara was everybody's nomination for Toughest Kid in school?even the Board...