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Word: tolson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they are not real. The portrayal of the G-men in TIME rings truer than any, I am sure. I went to school with Hoover. We men who received C's called Hoover, who received A's, "fatty pants." In my class was a lad named Clyde Tolson [special agent in charge of the Washington bureau], Hoover's right-hand man, and if TIME or FORTUNE ever really gets behind the scenes you'll have to find even a better word than "able" for Clyde Tolson. . . . Incidentally Hoover is two exceptions. First, he is the only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 1, 1936 | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

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