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Word: inkpot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...classically flamboyant latino, Gonzalez is vivacious, gay and hot-tempered (he once threw an inkpot at a congressional opponent). He functions in perpetual excitement, moving from desk to desk, room to room, city to city. As President, he has sailed south to lay claim in person to a big piece of the Antarctic, crash-dived in a U.S. submarine off Valparaiso, and tipped over and nearly lost his life canoeing on a south Chilean river. He loves flying, is known all over Chile as "Don Gavion." On a typical weekend at his summer palace at oceanside Vina del Mar, Gonzalez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Samba-Dancing Salesman | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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