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Word: iwata (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trucks loaded with 440 cops sped away from Tokyo's metropolitan police station. The arrival of the raiders at Red headquarters near Meiji Park sent men & women party members tumbling out of the doors to be collared outside. Inside, sitting calmly at a clean-topped desk, was Eiichi Iwata, a high party official. "I knew you were coming," he told the raiders. "I've developed a terrific sixth sense from long years of experience. The place is swept clean, but I had no time to prepare tea." Other raids-at a greengrocer's home in Shimizu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: No Time for Tea | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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