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Word: aliases (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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In seven languages-German, Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Yiddish, Lettish, Esthonian-the Germans posted their proclamations, but Grischa could read not one of any seven, and in a few hours he was imprisoned again. For, the newest ordinance read that in the name of discipline all Russian deserters would be executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coffin to Coffin | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

Sly Professor Yuzo Tsubouchi writes popular dramas under the nom de plume Shoyo Tsubouchi, an alias which remained impenetrable for many years.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Nippon's Shakespeare | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Jerry the Greek, alias Jerry the Rubber, Jerry Luvadis, is a less shady character. Incapable of reading or writing, he is a trainer of Jack Dempsey, is famed for a perfume stronger than ammonia which he uses in large quantities.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death of Nick | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

"Betty Hanna" granddaughter of Mark, is Washington's (D. C.) most successful young business woman. Her shop, the Betty Hanna, numbers many a patron of wealth and distinction. Great was the distress, therefore, of fashionable Washington when it learned, last week, that Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson, alias shopkeeper Betty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 16, 1928 | 7/16/1928 | See Source »

Said the hard-boiled Chicago Tribune: "The burghers will be inclined to, rejoice. . . . That is the short view. The man who killed O'Banion was tougher and more resourceful than O'Banion; the man who killed Hymie Weiss was tougher than his victim; and the man who killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Big Tim | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

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