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Word: bustler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Each morning last week, in his monstrous office, Il Duce's heart was not cheered by the reports on the country's state of mind given him by Chief of Italian Police Arturo Bocchini. Italy's Himmler-an efficient, honest, courageous, unpublicized bustler who hangs a sign over his desk which says: "Please make it snappy"-daily reported the findings of his intricate wiretapping, eavesdropping machine, and the sum of the findings was not to Il Duce's taste: Italians want peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: No. 1 Facist | 4/8/1940 | See Source »

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