Search Details

Word: filipescu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...nasty are most European duels, the duelists firing (by agreement) into the air, thus "satisfying their honor" and whetting their appetites for the customary champagne luncheon. But last week Socialite George Bratianu had on his hands Rumania's budding Hitler, the "Baby Fascist" Gregory Filipescu. Terms of the duel: pistols at 25 yd., to be followed if no one was hit by a duel unto death with sabres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Nasty Duel | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | Next