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Wilson's identification with his Greek heritage remains strong and the Greek Orthodox Church remains an important part of his life. He returns home for the Easter holidays and attends services at the Greek Orthodox Church in Boston regularly...
Despite a strong belief in God, Wilson is careful to keep his politics and religion separate. "It means enough to him not to tinge it, not to denigrate the religion by using it in that way," says Kalkanis, who spent last Easter at the Wilson home...
...others claimed. Barb had red hair and matching temper. "Little Nan" was timid and quiet. Then came Sue, then Mary, the baby. They lived a classic Roman Catholic postwar childhood: their father, a bandleader, easygoing and affectionate; his wife a stern but loving homemaker; new outfits, with bonnets, each Easter; the strict, black-and-white doctrine of the Baltimore Catechism. Ice skating at the church rink. Splitting the work after supper, one girl clearing, one washing, one drying, one sweeping. And the games until dusk. "Red rover, red rover," says Mary. "Remember? Let Sue come over...
...sure what might work. "Given the resources you're willing to devote to the problem," says Lee Hamilton, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, "I think you have to lower your expectations about what you can accomplish." Members of Congress returned to Washington after the Easter recess with no feeling that their constituents were clamoring for the use of armed force. National opinion polls show that only about a quarter to a third of Americans favor military intervention...
...known that it is watching closely and hopes for a nonviolent solution. So the feds probably will continue waiting out the Davidians -- for how long, nobody knows. At Satellite City, the press encampment out near the compound, mailboxes have gone up, garbage is regularly collected, an Easter service was held, and there is an unelected mayor. The latest gag among a press corps going quietly mad with boredom is that Waco has become an acronym for We Ain't Coming...