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Word: girardot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Emilio had decided that it was time to leave the circus and settle down. Colombia was the place he had picked. It was at Girardot on the Magdalena River that "Nero," the troupe's mangy, "dangerous" lion had turned out to be a lioness and given birth to three cubs. And it was at Medellin that Emilio's niece had died of typhoid; the show had gone on, even on her funeral day. With the money Emilio's wife had put away, they would buy a house in Bogotá and become solid citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CARIBBEAN: Casuals of the Sea | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

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