Word: elda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wrong. Reporters hounded him, and one offered college tuition in return for his story, but Juan's stepfather told him no honorable man profits from another man's tragedy. And so he left, wandering from town to town and job to job until 1974, when he and his fiance Elda eloped to San Jose and started a family. It was then that Juan saw the beginnings of what he could do to honor Bobby Kennedy. He could live in his spirit. He could work hard, honor his God, take care of his family and live a life of tolerance...
When he isn't working, Juan is home with Elda and their three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. He says he hopes none of them ever leave the house. In their converted garage they are host to immigrant families who need help getting a start...
Among the first Western visitors were 33 Italians who paid $2,000 apiece in December for a nine-day tour of Tehran and major archaeological sites. Elda Chiaraviglio, a Turin travel agent who helped organize the group, called the visit "a leap backward into medieval Islam, but fascinating." While many Iranians remain hostile to the U.S., she noted, the American dollar was the only foreign currency that Iranian black marketeers would accept...