"They've got your father." (kidnapping of US ambassador to Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick)
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The daughter of Charles Burke Elbrick, the US ambassador to Brazil who was kidnapped by terrorists in 1969, tells her version of the incident. Upon release, her father told her that he understood his kidnappers' motives. The kidnapping is depicted in a new film called "Four Days in September."
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1998
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Tears and the rain: nothing prepares you for eulogizing at your father's grave
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It is a Jewish tradition to unveil the tombstone at a ceremony a year after the burial. Part of the tradition is sharing stories about the life of the dead being commemorated. Years of public speaking would never prepare one for delivering the eulogy at the grave of one's father.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1996
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The Redskins, my father and me
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George Allen, father of Jennifer, and coach of the Washington Redskins football team in the 1970s is discussed. Allen took the Redskins to the Super Bowl and achieved impressive results with the team, but he was eventually fired.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2000
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