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Word: saxophonist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...wear what decorations they possessed; Brigadier General Gough's ribbons of rank awed his companions; he was the fêted hero of the musicians, who had hitherto known nothing of his history. Reserved, unwilling to rely on his military connections to further his welfare, he later became saxophonist-director of a dance orchestra at the Club Polle, Manhattan. At this period the floorwalker, syncopater, broadcaster was earning $7,500 a year, but a malicious busybody informed the immigration authorities that he had overstayed his leave, and Versatile Gough went to Canada. Quebec offered him nothing but the position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ex-Brigadier | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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