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Word: petracogeorgi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Tassoula Petracogeorgi, 19, raven-haired and eager-eyed, met Constantine Kephaloyannis, 32, wealthy and handsome, it was a case of love at first sight of Constantine's mustache. It was also a case of near war (TIME, Sept. 4, 1950). Both came from prominent political families in Crete, but Constantine's family was Royalist, Tassoula's Liberal. Tassoula's father forbade the marriage, so Constantine grabbed Tassoula, carried her off to Mount Ida, where they were married in a lonely monastery, then hid in a cave protected by a private army of Constantine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Love's Way | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...bold bridegroom of Crete came up for trial last week. Although mustachioed Constantine Kephaloyannis had capped his spectacular kidnaping of Tassoula Petracogeorgi last August (TIME, Sept. 4) by marrying her in a lonely monastery on fabled Mount Ida, Tassoula's father was not appeased. He had the groom thrown in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Mount Ida to Jail | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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