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Word: brento (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...some have speculated on Finance Minister Franz Etzel's chances. In the years since Adenauer took office there have been several contenders for the succession: Schaeffer, the original Finance Minister was the first, but too unsavory a connection with past scandals descredited him. The present foreign minister Heinrich von Brento seems unable to generate enthusiasm; Franz-Josef Strauss, Defense Minister, not composer, was also in the running for a time...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: Doubtful Promotion | 4/14/1959 | See Source »

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