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Word: fungsinstitut (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Germany, descended a Fieseler-Storch helicopter, and out stepped two young men in work clothes, followed by two well-dressed young women. In excellent English they explained that they had refused to join the Czech Communist Party and wanted refuge. The two men had worked for the Schiidlings-bekamp-fungsinstitut (Institute for Fighting Vermin), spraying plants with DDT from the copter. Instead of finishing their DDT run, they simply headed west. One of the girls had also worked for the institute, the other was just a friend. No romances, they said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Defections | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

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