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Word: borsht (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first blink, Boris Morros seemed unlikely for the part. With his late-Picasso haberdashery, borsht-and-bagel accent, and a personality as outgoing as a trombone, he had small chance of being inconspicuous among the grey and shadowy cadres of Soviet espionage. Also, as music director for Paramount theaters and Paramount Studios, later as an independent movie producer, he was a conspicuously successful man in a business that has no passion for anonymity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Show Biz to Spy Biz | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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