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Word: iskovitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...average fan. The hero, gifted with a winning smile, infallibility, a flat stomach and gangle shanks, sells his services to "Magnificent Pictures" at an initial salary of one dime per week and progresses in nine years to the dignity of a divorce scandal and his life-long ambition: "Isidor Iskovitch Presents." The story of his rise begins with the assembling of a $10,000-stake from seven Iskovitch uncles blessed with red beards and businesses of the varying styles to be expected from the name, and closes with million-dollar mergers, assisted by the flapper granddaughter of a financial magnate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candide Recrudescens* | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

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