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Word: crosser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day, Tito's government hurled back charges of "lies and slanders," "distortions of the truth," and "unworthy insinuations," branded Russia as an enemy and "double-crosser." East and West, the question was: If Joseph Stalin" is no longer willing to "rest content" with the existence of Tito's regime, just what does he intend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: The Fur Flies | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

...save College tourists from the inconveniences which confront the erring border-crosser, Downing released several warnings about import duties and currency exchanges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Going Abroad? Beware of Money Mixups and Currency Regulations | 3/30/1949 | See Source »

...speeches and statements that issued from union halls, President Truman was a "double-crosser," a "strikebreaker" and the author of a "slave bill." Red Mike Quill, New York City's noisy American Labor Party councilman, shrilled: "President Truman has sold out to our native fascists . . . betrayed the program of Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Down with Truman! | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

...just four days after Hitler's death G.I.s in France were reading about the end of this great double-crosser in the issue of TIME which had Hitler crossed out on the cover. "Christmas, Mac," said one soldier in Paris when he picked up the May 7 issue on May 5, "I wonder if this issue's out in the States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 28, 1945 | 5/28/1945 | See Source »

...years, had a far shrewder appreciation than his opponents of the delicate art of abuse. He started the ball rolling by putting the name of Governor Herbert Lehman (backer of his opponent, William O'Dwyer) into the same paragraph with the words "goniff" (Yiddish for thief) and "double-crosser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Invective &. Abuse | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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