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Word: agita (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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...According to Chief Rogers, Captain Willmott, who died the evening before the disaster, had called Alagna "an agita tor and a vengeful person," had ordered Rogers to dismiss Alagna at the end of the voyage. When U. S. Attorney Martin Conboy who was conducting a Grand Jury investigation of his own, heard this, Radioman Alagna, already held as a mate rial witness, had his bail raised. It took two days to get the story straight: The extent of Alagna's agitation was to strike for better pay once just before sailing time. The extent of his "revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: When? What? Why? | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

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