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Word: card-a (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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Greasy Thumb was a card-a short (5 ft. 2 in.), shabby-looking, aging (63) gaffer with dark glasses and a straggle of white hair, who ambled into the crowded room like some ancient and anxious raccoon being ushered into a kennelful of police dogs. He sat on the edge of his chair, feet dangling, conceded that he was Jacob Guzik, and then announced that he would refuse to "answer any questions whatever on the grounds of incrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Last Act | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

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