Word: sadri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immigrants from Iran had eagerly awaited Reza's birth in June 1974 as the symbol of their new life in the U.S. Houshang Garakani of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., a psychiatrist, had just launched his private practice in Manhattan. His wife Sadri had won entry into a master's program in educational psychology at New York University, an initial step on the path that would lead to her becoming president of the Englewood Cliffs board of education...
...hospital resident broke the news to a sedated and groggy Sadri barely a day after Reza's birth. "I have bad news. Your son is achondroplastic." He explained that the boy's long bones, those of the thighs, shins and arms, would not grow much. "It's O.K. His father is short too," she remembers answering drowsily. The doctor ran out of euphemisms. "He'll be a dwarf." She collapsed into sobs, protesting, "God, I don't deserve this. I have done nothing wrong." It was another day before the fighter in her took over, and she began to prepare...
Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl, the men's top seed, played American John Sadri late last night in his first-round match...
Lendt was forced into a first set tiebreaker before eliminating John Sadri, 7-6, 8-0. Navratilova ripped off the first nine games enroute to a 50 minute, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Robin White on the hardcourts at Laver's International Tennis Resort...