Word: lithuania
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...store has been a family-run operation since its beginnings. When it opened in Cambridge in 1940, it was operated by Ron Savenor's grandfather, Abraham. Abraham started the store after fleeing Lithuania, where he and his wife "had a small food store," according to Ron Savenor...
...good friend who is at Yale is actually in Lithuania right now, so it doesn't bother me much right now," he said...
...complex iconography subtly placed within his landscapes and portraits. Bak is not only the creator of breathtaking work, but also a survivor of the Holocaust. The themes and variations of his artwork reflect the inhumane environment which he endured. Born in the Polish city of Vilna (present day Lithuania) in 1933, Bak felt the presence of danger throughout his childhood. His drawings received attention as early as 1942, through an exhibition in the ghetto of his birthplace. Bak was nine years old at the time...
...next stage of expansion, the candidates will include Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, three former Soviet republics that border Russia itself. Russian officials from Boris Yeltsin on down swear they absolutely, positively will not tolerate Baltic membership in the Atlantic alliance. This stage, two or three years from now, could mean a return to some form of East-West cold war. And since nuclear weapons are the only way NATO could defend the Baltic states against a threat from Russia, it could also mean a return to the terrible days when thermonuclear missile forces confronted each other across European borders...
Former prime minister of Lithuania Kazimiera Prunskiene lead her country from 1990 to 1991, as it sought independence from the former Soviet Union...