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Word: transylvanian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many companies, served as a minister in the archconservative Cabinets after World War I, was a deputy in the Synod of the Rumanian Orthodox Church. In 1927 came the great change; Millionaire Groza abruptly abandoned what he called the "Sodom and Gomorrah" of Rumanian politics, retired to his Transylvanian estates, led a lusty Rabelaisian life and, in his words, "learned to think dialectically." Translation: Groza, an opportunist of agility, saw Russia as a coming power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Death of a Plowman | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

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