Word: bonavita
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...child in Brooklyn, Joseph Bonavita dreaded Christmas. His father was dead; often he and his mother had nothing on their table but a candle and a plate of spaghetti. Joe swore he would conquer poverty. He became a professional boxer, and finally, fourteen years ago, bought a bar & grill on Brooklyn's bleak Third Avenue. This year black-haired, bash-nosed Joe Bonavita was 39, married, prosperous in a small way and eating well...
...stew joints to a restaurant that served turkey, and then ordered dinners for all. Then, with money gone and hoarse toasts ringing in his ears, he went outside. He sat down on the curb and wept, out of pity and joy and for a boy he remembered, named Joseph Bonavita...
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