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Word: vladimirescu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purged three elevator men. In recent weeks, Communist big shots have toppled into jail like so many drunks on Saturday night; Ana has had to transform two theaters into prisons. Among those arrested: beautiful Florica Bagdasar, Minister of Public Health; General Michael Lascar of Pauker's own Tudor Vladimirescu division; General Constantin Ionescu, chief of the General Staff; Constantin Doncea, deputy mayor of Bucharest, colonel in the Red army, member of the Communist Central Committee, and Pauker's old comrade. Said she: "Doncea fell into petty bourgeois habits ... I advise all Communists not to sleep on their glory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: A Girl Who Hated Cream Puffs | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

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