Word: summonses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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NOW she is dying, and she summons her son to Sicilia for the occasion. As he leaves Loretta, he asks her to visit his brother and settle the bad blood between them.
For a Paris haute couture house, the decor is outright iconoclastic. Instead of the usual hushed beige backdrops, little gilt chairs and artfully placed mirrors, rich oranges and reds glow on every side. The black border motif on the rugs and walls summons up visions of black flames. Bright pink...
Surprisingly, the announcement stirred little notice in Washington. A Western diplomat in Nicaragua speculated that the Soviets had insisted on high-level representation at the anniversary festivities. "It wasn't an invitation, it was a summons," he said. Envoys elsewhere in the region observed that Ortega's announcement followed a...
One dissident recalls a late-night knock at the door. A mild-looking young official stood outside with a request: "We want you to come and do three months of military service." "If I do," said the dissenter, "I will lose my job." "No problem," said the recruiter. "We will...
Hajjis chanted "Labbaika Allahuma Labbaika," [God, here we are, responding to your summons] in unison as they walked in heat that reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit.