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Word: cantarrana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...Telephone books which require weary thumbing, peering. Shrewd, he adopted "Zzyz" as a nom de telephone, secured last place in the book. But his shrewdness brought publicity and publicity brought imitation. The last name in new telephone books about to be issued is not Lewis Browne Zzyz but R. Cantarrana Zzyzz. The usurper is Ramon Cantarrana, young Cuban, onetime sugar broker, last week honeymooning in Cuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 1, 1929 | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

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