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Word: giafferi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...welcome" to Joseph Caillaux,* whose financial genius has, in years past, won nation-wide repute. Two thousand radical and socialist persons were present. Premier Herriot did not attend but, said M. Paul Painlevé, Président de la Chambre, "he is here in spirit." Presently there entered Maitre Moro-Giafferi, the famed French lawyer who defended Caillaux before the Senate when he was condemned to exile for endangering the alliances of France in 1919. He whooped a cry of delight at seeing his old friend and client, rushed at him, clasped him in his arms, pressed him to him, kissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Caillaux Speaks | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

...barrister by profession, and on the following day he lost no time in filing a suit against the proprietor of the cararet for evicting him and against the barman for refusing to serve him with drinks. No sooner had the Prince's suit been filed than Maître Moro Giafferi, most famous of all French lawyers, offered his services to the Prince. Maître Giafferi defended Caillaux, Landru (the French Bluebeard) and Mme. Bessarabe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Jim Crow Scandal | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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