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Word: disinherit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ordered to rein in his "seditious" son. "I'm crushed if you go on," Nicolae told Eugene by telephone. "They will destroy me, destroy your mother." Grasping for a solution, the artist screamed at his father -- and the eavesdropping police -- "Don't tell me what to do. I disinherit you!" Children do not disinherit parents; this artist is crazy. Or so Mihaesco hoped the Securitate would think. Soon after, his father got his job back. But Nicolae Mihaescu did not understand his son's vehemence. They have not spoken since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Eugene Mihaesco | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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