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Word: chauffeured (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Danuta, who was later ordered to report for a 2½-hour interrogation session, gave Polish authorities no further information beyond the fact that her husband had been absent from their home for three days and that he was "a grownup person." Even Mieczyslaw Wachowski, Walesa's occasional chauffeur, was called in for questioning by the suspicious police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Conversations | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

Except for an instant when his breath came short, the householder did not feel afraid. Or angry. Instead, he even found himself glancing toward the curb where a chauffeur dozed, or maddeningly seemed to doze, at the wheel of a parked limousine. There was still nobody else on the street. He was aware that whatever it was in the thief s pocket might not be a knife. Very likely wasn't. It occurred to him to demand to see the weapon, then dodge toward the hotel. At the same time he felt constrained, in some peculiarly inappropriate way, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Be Kind to Your Mugger | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

There was one small but telling sign last week that Mexico's new President intends to take that promise seriously. When De la Madrid set off from his home for the inauguration ceremony, he instructed his chauffeur to heed all the stop signs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Bare Bones | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...clock. Exactly two minutes after the hour a white Bentley wheels around the corner of an elegant block of town houses in London's Chelsea district. The two men inside wave encouragement at the reporter vainly ringing the bell at the first house in the row. While his chauffeur is unlocking the door, the passenger, who is also the owner of the house, murmurs apologies. "My dear fellow, I'm so sorry. Were you waiting long? I was having lunch with my agent, and I had a drink, which I'm not supposed to do." An elderly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Confessions of a Real Actor | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...Vallely walked off his job, went to the campaign headquarters of anti-war congressional candidate Robert Drinan and asked to be put to work doing "anything." As a type of political handyman for Drinan, he performed every job from poster-hanger to chauffeur, gaining valuable experience in the process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The K-School's Mid-Career Stars | 11/12/1982 | See Source »

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