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Word: brothier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Partly, too, the family seems upset by fate's particularly dreadful timing. Ronald's brothier-in-law, Lance Corporal Terry Roberts, a Camp Lejeune Marine buddy who had introduced Ronald and Deborah last year, died in a car wreck in July. The shock apparently sent Deborah, eight months pregnant, into labor, and Ronald arrived home on an emergency leave the day before Jennifer Meurer was born. The little family bought a trailer near Camp Lejeune; they were briefly happy. But Ronald shipped out for Beirut on Sept. 19. His tour was to have ended next week. Deborah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Four Families Bore the News | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

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