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Word: citroens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week 17 tough Cairo cops hustled Ahmed,' a stocky man with bushy eyebrows and an arrogant stance, into the prisoner's dock in Egypt's Supreme Military Court, and he was put on trial for his life. The charge: Hussein, careering around in a black Citroen, had directed the mob in "burning, sabotaging, looting and destroying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: The Eel | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

Playboy. Most of his time he spent at Cannes, on the French Riviera, where he had bought the palatial Château de Thorenc (reported purchase price: $250,000). In his garage were a pale blue Lincoln convertible, a black Citroen limousine, a blue Simca "Gordoni" one-seat racer, a sleek Italian two-seater, a Simca-8 sports model. He also kept several motorcycles. He insisted that every engine run "as accurately as a watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: The New Frontier | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

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