Word: greinstein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strike called by the radicals failed to spark the mass of Cuban workers (TIME, March 18). Until then, in all the 33 years of Cuba's terror-pocked history as a republic, no Cuban civilian had ever faced a firing squad. First to do so was one Jaime Greinstein, a Polish ne'er-do-well, who rhapsodied before he died one sunrise last month, "The skies of Cuba blush." Last week one Jose Costiello Fuentes, an ordinary bandit who had killed a lieutenant from ambush, faced in manful silence four rifle barrels, died without a word. To frivolous...
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