Word: doublecrosses
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...Medal-of-Honor-winning commander of the Fighting 69th in World War I and head of the OSS in World War II. In Thailand, Donovan's OSS performed some of its greatest feats. Working with Japanese-appointed Regent Pridi Banomyong in what has been called "the greatest doublecross in history." OSS operatives built up a resistance movement under the conquerors' noses...
...There are some who say that the general intends to doublecross his new friends after the election. I do not believe either that the general is so unscrupulous or that they are so stupid...
...Walkout. A gasp of surprise ran through the committee room. Taftman Sommers was walking out on his own organization's delegation. Later, Sommers said that Tucker had been doublecrossing him by gunning for his job as committeeman, and had not let him have as many Taft delegates as he thought he should have. Ikeman Tuttle called Sommers' action: "The worst doublecross that I have ever experienced...
...weather of the two weeks preceding the June 23 event had been about as perfect as anyone could ask. Even the famed English fogs and mists barely showed. Yet the weatherman chose to doublecross the meet directors, causing the expected shirt sleeves to be replaced by top coats as spectator apparel as the mercury dropped...
This cute doublecross might well have worked, Hogan thought, if player "Y," assigned to pick up the money from the fixer, hadn't been even cuter. He told his chums, said Hogan, that he didn't have the money-"Yes, I got the $5,000 but I gave it back." After a long hassle, Lipman managed to get $300 instead of the $1,100 he thought was coming...