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Word: accosted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Russian women: "I have heard a lot of opinions about the life of Russian women and the way they are dressed," he told a French woman legislator. "But the worst work for a woman is prostitution ... In Paris you cannot walk down the street without having a woman accost you in order to subsist. Here in Russia, if a woman works like a man, she is at least not in a degrading situation but honestly earns her living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: THE WIDE-OPEN HORSE'S MOUTH | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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