Word: doublecross
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Through the coffee houses of gossiping Vienna spread a rumor that handsome Prince von Starhemberg, fired by the triumphs of his friend, "Handsome Adolf" Hitler, in Germany, has a Heimwehr plot up his sleeve to doublecross the Seipel group which has given him the Ministry of Interior, hopes to manage the election of so many Heimwehr men that he himself will become No. 1 Austrian...
...extreme. Having heard that in real republics, during a real crisis the President "sends for and consults the leaders of the Opposition," Kemal sent for and consulted Fethi. Next day short, hard-eyed General Ismet, who must have spent a nervous night wondering whether the Glorious Ghazi intended to doublecross him, was summoned to the Presidential Palace...