Word: zaro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Robert Robinson, Manhattan chauffeur, was fined $5 for having run down and slightly injured Zaro Agha, decrepit Turk who is in the U. S. purporting to be 156 years...
...confused with Zaro Agha, decrepit Turk, now in U. S. pretending he is 156 years old (TIME...
...Zaro Agha, Turk, whose passport says he is 156 years old (TIME, March 17), was knocked down and badly bruised by a Manhattan motorist. He was rushed to his hotel where X-ray showed all bones to be intact. Next day he sat up in bed, announced he felt well except for a pain in his stomach, ordered a hotdog and corn- on-the cob, to test a new set of false teeth...
...Istanbul, Turkey, toothless Zaro Agha who claimed he was 156 years old, had buried n wives, had never taken a drink of liquor, received an invitation from the American Anti-Alcohol Society to visit the U.S. Onion...
...newest pawn in the struggle centered about the juice of the grape is Zaro Agha, recent American Anti-Alcohol importation, who is to incite chatter in Temperance troups and Women's Clubs from coast to coast. From the monotony of doorkeeping at the city hall of Istambul, faithful Zaro has never sought surcease in bacchanalian revel. For one hundred and fifty-six years he has serenely bowed before the city factota and with the same contemplative serenity seen eleven consecutive wives pass from his bed and board into the lap of Mother Earth...