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Word: spendthriftâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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AARON BURR. " He was a man who came into the world to amuse himself." He loved people and people loved him?especially women. A spendthrift???something between a Chesterfield and Falstaff. He lost the presidency of the United States by a hair's breadth, he lost the governorship of New York, he lost, he lost, he lost?finally even the use of his limbs. But he enjoyed it all, because life was his game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed Motives* | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

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