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Word: adria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...misfortune was made complete when Fate snatched from him his wife . . . lost when the Yacht Lucullus sank in collision with the British Steamer Adria off Constantinople harbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 18, 1928 | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

...military eclipse of Baron Wrangel. His misfortune was made complete when Fate snatched from him his wife, her immensely valuable jewels, and his personal fortune which he had converted into cash. These three most valued possessions were lost when the yacht Lucullus sank in collision with the British steamer Adria off Constantinople harbor. After that triple misfortune Baron Wrangel gradually became little more than a lanky, itinerant White Hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: White Eagle | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

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