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Word: spelvin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...practice in Okolona, Miss. into the hotel business, and had wound up in Washington. Like most of his friends, in 1929 he had gone broke ($500,000 in the red). But he liked Washington and he made a lot of friends. Franklin Roosevelt did not know him "from George Spelvin," but the President appointed him one of the three District Commissioners of Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Rumps Together, Horns Out | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

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