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Word: escu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week and informed them that their long hair offended public morality, the youngsters sheepishly went along to a police barber who summarily sheared them. Later, when the police got around to examining the boys' documents, they found that one of them happened to be named Nicolae Ceauşescu, 18, student. "Father's profession?" asked the cop. "Oh, he's the secretary of a political party," the boy replied nonchalantly. After profuse apologies from the police, young Ceauşescu assured them that there were no hard feelings. It may be that he has a good sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumania: No Hard Feelings, Sir | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

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