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Word: del (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cuban Republic since 1925, and to plunge the country in civil warfare with the idea of bringing about U. S. intervention. A certain Dr. Alejandro Vergara Leonard was named head of the conspiracy, and he and nine followers were arrested and flung into the grey, 18th century Castillo del Principe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Assassins! Sharks! | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...plotters was discovered in New York in the person of suave Octavio Seigle, founder of the Cuban Nationalist Party, now prudently selfexiled. Mario Seigle, a brother of Octavio, is general manager of the Chase National Bank in Havana. Francis, another brother, is president of the Banco del Comercio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Assassins! Sharks! | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

Train fare from the furthest points in the U. S. to Nogales, Sonora, and return, plus two days' hotel accommodation $ 300.00 A. del Toro 1,500.00 Court costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Divorce Tycoon | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Sonora divorces are not expensive as such things go. About $1,500 is the minimum service charge, but Señor del Toro charges some clients $10,000 or more. Thus a cheap Sonora divorce would cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Divorce Tycoon | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Among U. S. citizens who have obtained Sonora-del Toro divorces are: James Ben Ali (Ziegfeld tableaux) Haggin; Capt. Franck Taylor Evans (commander Brooklyn Yard); Madame Alba; Dolores del...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Divorce Tycoon | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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