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Word: dockfront (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boss. There was not much doubt along the dockfront's rough-&-tumble Calle Desamparados about who called the play that shut down the Seatrain. Boss Arcelio Iglesias, Cuba's No. 4 Communist, had knit 9.000 dock wallopers into a powerful Maritime Federation that usually got what it wanted. With many more hands than jobs they contrived to shorten hours, specialize functions, make work. Their weapon: the slowdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Dockside Dictator | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

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