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Word: sheriffian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...dinner tendered to members of the "Sheriffian Escadrille"*by the American Club in Paris, Colonel Charles Sweeney, Commander of the Escadrille, commented upon the activities of his airmen. "Flying in the Riff is hard, distasteful work and not adventure. . . . When the war started we knew . . . that Morocco was on top of an abscess ... a revolt of brown subject races against European civilization. ... So we went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweeney Says | 12/14/1925 | See Source »

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