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Word: agente (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day came a tap on the door of Room 1877. French opened it warily, found not Russians but the FBI and agents of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. For reasons that spoke volumes about the vigilance of the FBI, the letter had never got to the Russians inside the embassy. No sooner had French tossed it into embassy grounds than it was retrieved-unknown to him-by an FBI agent who must have been keeping a close and effective watch on the Russians. The agent took one look, decided that "To Whom It May Concern" meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Losing Hand | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Sole Searching. In Kensington, Conn., an FBI agent spotted new wires in his house, reasoned that someone was trying to tap his line, ripped them all out, shamefacedly learned that the wires had been specially installed for a hi-fi set his wife planned as a birthday present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 30, 1957 | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...millionaire moneylender, who called another conservative Communist "a lousy agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Night of the Party | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...tough life. Brother Bill took the crime road: felonious assault (1938), violation of probation (1940), carrying concealed weapons (1942). Today Bill Hoffa is a business agent for Teamster Local 614 in Pontiac, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Engine Inside the Hood | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...electronic brain; the housewife herself operates them, or they get broken. While Americans will put up with high prices indefinitely, the time may be at hand when employment agencies would do better to set up training courses for maids instead of an inquisition for employers. As one Los Angeles agent says, "We've got to do something to give these people more pride in their work." The alternative for the harried housewife is do-it-yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BOOM IN HOUSEMAIDS: New Prosperity for an Old Calling | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

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