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Word: caramanlis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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About 4:30 a. m. they emerged to find rain pouring. They took a taxicab and drove around the block, dropped the Princess Therese de Caraman-Chimay at the Savoy-Plaza, then went on around to the Plaza, just across Fifth Avenue. As their cab paused, waiting an opportunity to turn in, a car drew up alongside. A man with a pistol leaped out, covered the taxi driver. Two others opened the door of the cab and leaned in. One made a grab at a necklace of square-cut emeralds and diamonds, the most obvious item among several hundred thousand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Manhattan Technique | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

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