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Word: wicht (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guerrillas had practiced more than 20 times how they would react to a raid--by tossing grenades into the rooms the hostages occupied. Gumucio did not remember later how many minutes he waited for the attack to begin, but he said, "To me it was an eternity." Juan Julio Wicht, a Jesuit priest who had stayed on in the residence despite an offer of freedom, got the word that rescuers were coming in but dismissed it as black humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW THEY DID IT | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

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