Word: jermyn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets amply rewarded Philby for his services: a lavish apartment (by Moscow standards), chauffeurs, a plummy desk job at KGB headquarters. Yet the only perk he really cared for, Knightley notes, was access to artifacts of his homeland: pipes from Jermyn Street, books (he liked Dick Francis' mysteries), magazines, the Times of London (whose daily crossword puzzle he regularly solved in 15 minutes...
...controlled substances. But he's not a trafficker." The Drug Enforcement Administration, after a five-month investigation that included hundreds of wiretapped telephone conversations, claims otherwise. Accused along with Cohn as co-conspirators were 15 people, mainly New York residents. They included a flamboyantly rich British earl, John Jermyn, 28. Cohn, if convicted, could be sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was released on $500,000 bail, secured by a Manhattan town house he owns...