Word: bogus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...motion came up in Congress to make Peary a rear-admiral on retired status. The bill was finally passed, but not without some catcalls of "bogus hero," "braggart," "selfish egotist...
...regular four-page morning edition, and within six minutes of the final whistle in the Stadium had an extra on Larz Anderson bridge with the final score and play-by-play account of the game. "Conant Resigns Presidency; Hutchins Named As Successor" was the headline of the Record's bogus issue distributed at Soldiers Field before the game, while "Harlow Resigns Post" was the 72 point banner on the News' effort which was delivered in the dormitories and Houses in the morning...
...South America's east coast. Captain Harris and his first engineer, W. Bryant, certified that the Nazi raider which kept them aboard five hours after sinking their Clement was the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. This identity could still be doubted by people who know that German sailors wear bogus hatbands some of the time, to confuse their victims; but English freighter captains and Scottish engineers are hard to fool...
...afternoon last week he went by tender to the cruiser Philadelphia, which with other visiting ships was open to the public. He strutted the deck, confidently introduced himself to a real lieutenant, promptly met more naval officers than even he had dreamed of. The real lieutenant noted the bogus buttons, the stripes a little too high on his sleeve, a real Rear Admiral and a real Commander decided he was no spy, whisked him off the ship, plopped him into a city jail. Next day, instead of sending John Husted to jail for impersonating an officer, they condemned...
...arrested, taken to Burgos and was expected to face a military trial early this week. Colonel Casado, chief figure in ousting the civil government of Dr. Juan Negrin from power four weeks ago, escaped to Marseille aboard a British ship. As his last official act he had issued a bogus proclamation to Communist leaders to mobilize for a last-ditch stand. When they reached their headquarters he had them arrested and carted off to jail to await the arrival of the Franco troops...