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Lamenting Love Story Endings

In 1912, Armen Tigranian wrote the beautiful opera “Anoush,” based on Hovhannes Tumanyan’s poem of the same name, which became the most beloved opera in Armenia. “Anoush” tells the tragic love story between a peasant Armenian girl, Anoush, and her shepherd boyfriend Saro. Their love affair ends in loss and death as a result of a conflict between Anoush’s brother Mossy and Saro. “Anoush” is a testament to the passion of Armenians, and demonstrates that we are like the rest of the

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Betty Apigian-Kessel

Betty (Serpouhie) Apigian Kessel was born in Pontiac, Mich. Together with her husband, Robert Kessel, she was the proprietor of Woodward Market in Pontiac and has two sons, Bradley and Brant Kessel. She belonged to the St. Sarkis Ladies Guild for 12 years, serving as secretary for many of those years. During the aftermath of the earthquake in Armenia in 1988, the Detroit community selected her to be the English-language secretary and she happily dedicated her efforts to help the earthquake victims. She has a column in the Armenian Weekly entitled “Michigan High Beat.”

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  1. I still want HAPPILLY EVER AFTER STORIES life in its reality is sad enough I usually have to know yhe ending of any such story or drama or film or I will not read or watch hurts to the core In the past I got the shock and hurt of enough sad endings (all of the above are only to familiar i know all of them) I once watched a 53 episode drama I went to last scene made sure all the characters I loved and had become so very attached to were there boy was I surprised they all died even the so called good, bad guy. It was such a long drama and it took weeks to finish so it was so much a part of my life I vowed then to hell with that never again I stlill curse that particular dramas ending would like to have the chance to slap the creator kick he or she or at least tell how I feel will never happen so I HAVE TO KNOW ENDINGS AND THE HAVE TO BE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

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