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Word: schmeisser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dark suits slipped out, 9-mm. German-made Schmeisser burp-guns cradled in their arms, and crawled behind a hedge that ran only 20 feet from where the President sat. At 7:20 a string of firecrackers exploded somewhere in the neighborhood. "They are celebrating a birthday over there," a member of the Remón party remarked. Two minutes later bursts of machine-gun fire sprayed the box. Two men died instantly; Remón's heavy frame slumped to the floor, blood darkening his pleated white sport shirt. "That was no firecracker," he gasped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Murder of a Strongman | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

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