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Word: prisoner-of-war (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1953-1953
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...Mary Caroline Pratt, daughter of a straitlaced, enormously wealthy Standard Oil family, which looked askance at the peripatetic young son-in-law and his artistic family. Not long after the wedding, Chris left his bride and went to Switzerland with a special diplomatic mission to draw up a prisoner-of-war agreement. When the armistice was signed he made a quick reconnaissance of prison camps in Germany, was appalled to find red armbands and symptoms of Communism everywhere. Back in Switzerland he wired a friend from Berlin to come and meet him. "What can the U.S. do to stop Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: A Time for Governors | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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