Word: theophilou
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Down from the Mountains. Last fortnight Naousa was gay and proud. The town's civic center, decked with Greek and U.S. flags, was renamed Truman Square. General James A. Van Fleet was on hand for the ceremonies. The town's young mayor, Nikolas Theophilou, thanked him for U.S. aid; the general praised Naousa's garrison for bravery against the enemy...
...first daylight, young Mayor Theophilou was seized at home, dragged and kicked through the streets to Truman Square, backed up against a white marble monument. Said a rebel capitanos: "You've had a lot of experience lately making speeches to your American friends. Why not make one for us?" Theophilou straightened and started to answer: "I am mayor of this town and-" A spatter of bullets from rebel Tommy guns cut him off. For three days his body stayed there, propped against the bloodstained marble. Thus the lesson began...
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