Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...killed himself when accused of being an enemy of the state. As a Greek, Thomas Karathanos knew that at any moment he might be next. He talked things over with his brother-in-law. They worked out a bold plan to save the whole family: Thomas' mother, his sister and three in-laws...
...into the blackness along a narrow path. "Nobody was frightened except me," said Thomas later. "My mother said I should be ashamed, that I was leaving slavery and had a whole life of freedom ahead of me." Once they stopped to rest, for Angelica, Thomas' 24-year-old sister, was seven months pregnant and tired easily. Ghioris the shepherd went ahead to reconnoiter, and threw stones back to signal that the road was clear. They climbed...
Last week, safe in Athens, Thomas heard news from the underground of what had happened to his mother, his sister and the rest of his family. Those who lived through the ambush had been executed...
Blind Francis, waiting to welcome Sister Death, Worn though he was by ecstasies and fame, Had heart for tune. With what remained of breath He led his friars in canticles...
...Buckingham Palace, where Britain's royalty wined and dined Sweden's King Gustav VI and Queen Louise, who were making the first state visit of Swedish monarchs to England in 46 years. On her white tulle gown Margaret wore a miniature portrait of another handsome lady, her sister Queen Elizabeth...