Word: camelia
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Dumitru and Camelia Moceanu had the greatest of expectations for their daughter Dominique--even before she was born. The Romanian gymnasts, who had defected to the U.S. during the cold war, made a pact that their first-born would follow in their footsteps--even if they had to "just drink water and eat bread." Dumitru had his baby girl hanging by her hands from a clothesline at six months and tumbling in her first gymnastics class at age three. It paid off. Soon after her 10th birthday, they left their jobs in Tampa, Fla.--Camelia worked in a hair salon...
...Camelia Moceanu, however, portrays her daughter as a prima donna. "Everything she asked for she had," says Camelia, referring to an apartment-size bedroom, the gym complex and, last month, a Mercedes on her 17th birthday, which the teenager traded in for a convertible Mustang. Dumitru maintains that while Dominique will not have access to her trust fund until she is 35, her parents built the gym with her knowledge and blessing. Camelia admitted her husband had been strict with Dominique but insisted, "You are strict for their own good, but nothing to the point it was unbearable." Camelia also...
Dalia Rabin Philosof and Camelia Sadat were part of a panel commemorating the sacrifices Rabin made for the peace process...
...Camelia Sadat spoke of the simi- larities between Rabin and her father. Both were military heroes, strong advocates of peace, men of God and victims of assassins from their own country, she said...
...also helps that neither Dimitry nor Karolyi seems to be hinging his future happiness on the outcome in Atlanta. Though Dimitry remains his daughter's most avid fan, he also takes great pride in the used-car lot he opened last December. He and Camelia, he says, "succeed in our life too, day by day, year by year." As for Karolyi, he says only Zmeskal could have made him bleed. He isn't concerned that the Olympics will throw Moceanu off her stride--or off the beam. "Dominique is naturally self-confident," Bela says, then laughs. "Sometimes too much...