Word: lias
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...that of his father. Yet each life is gallant for its own reasons. Christos Gatzoyiannis passed through Ellis Island first in 1910, and again in 1938. He headed for Worcester, Mass., where he built a steady vegetable-delivery business while his wife remained in the northwestern Greek town of Lia. It was not uncommon for married immigrant men to settle in America before sending for their families, although Gatzoyiannis took much longer than most. He returned periodically to Greece, where he played the rich American and sired four daughters and the author, born Nikola. During one of the visits...
...Lia, however, the myth of the New World plutocrat persisted. This was still the impression that Gatzoyiannis gave when he met the boat that carried his motherless children from Piraeus to New York City in 1949. Gage, then nine, recalls his father's "gleaming black oxfords, gray overcoat, and broad fedora -- an island of style in a sea of weeping and embracing refugees." The reunited family boarded a new blue DeSoto for the ride to Worcester. The car turned out to be rented, the old mill town no Athens, and Christos Gatzoyiannis no big shot...
...laying the legal groundwork in his effort to have Bakker reinstated at PTL. During their week-long stay, the Bakkers were billeted on Belli's 105-ft. ocean-going yacht, The Adequate Reward, and were taken to parties, dinners and exclusive stores by Belli's wife Lia. Tammy enjoyed a makeover at Lia's favorite hair salon, 77 Maiden Lane...
...front door of her home, Mousam received a summons last month ordering her to report for jury duty in August. Since Mousam ignored the summons, along with an enclosed form that permits prospective jurors to offer reasons for declining to serve, her housemates, Social Workers David Christian and Lia Graceffa, took charge. Christian checked a box indicating that Mousam could not speak English. Graceffa added, "Cat Mousam is not qualified to serve as a juror because...
...would shoot myself first. I don't want to be President. I'm not going to run. I couldn't take four years of (ABC White House Correspondent) Sam Donaldson. I just don't have the desire. I don't want to climb another mountain." Maybe not. But when Lia Iacocca, 20, is asked for a single word to describe her father, she does not first suggest "easygoing" or "content." Her word: "ambitious...