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Word: bastardo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nulle Bastardo Carborundum." Less than half an hour after his brief swearing-in ceremony, Wilson walked with assurance into his vast, flag-draped Pentagon office looking out over the Potomac River. Sitting down behind a walnut desk that once belonged to General "Black Jack" Pershing, he stared around at the pale blue walls and deep blue leather furniture selected by the first Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal. Behind his special, direct-line White House telephone, the man from Detroit propped a framed motto which read, "Nulle Bastardo Carborundum"-assembly-line Latin for "Don't let the bastards wear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Man from Detroit | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

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