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Word: kastononv (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government fighters knew they had a tough opponent in Vafiades, who uses the nom de guerre of "General Markos." Born 41 years ago at Kastononv, in Asia Minor, he worked as a bricklayer, painter, carpenter, grocer boy, street vendor, real-estate clerk, army private, tobacco worker, journalist. In 1924 he joined the Communists in Macedonia and edited a Communist workers' publication. His police file shows that he has been jailed at least eight times since 1929; that he is 5 ft. 7 in. tall, lean and muscular; that he has blue eyes, wavy chestnut hair and a mustache that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Out in the Open | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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