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Word: awols (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Violinist Yehudi's youngest sister, eloped to Reno from her parents' home in Los Gatos, Calif., with Private Benjamin Rolfe, 27. Yaltah, who divorced Attorney William Stix last year, soon parted with her groom who returned to Fort Ord to be tossed into the guardhouse for going AWOL. Papa Menuhin withheld his blessing, explained: "It will take time to swallow and digest the news." Private Rolfe, unabashed and "utterly unmusical," declared: "There is enough musical genius in that family already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: War World | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

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