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Word: marciszewski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Although he has the face of an inbred Yankee, with a jaw as granitic as any Salstonstall's, Ed Muskie is the son of a Polish immigrant. His father, born Stephen Marciszewski, fled Poland as a 15-year-old refugee from czarist military conscription. He Americanized the family name, learned the tailoring trade, and eventually settled in Rumford. In spite of his sedentary occupation, father Muskie was a confirmed outdoorsman at heart, and Ed became an enthusiastic fisherman, a good skier and a competent trackman in school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Remember Maine | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

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