whilom

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In Doom, Holland, last week, Germany's whilom All Highest War Lord, Wilhelm II, spread staff maps of Manchuria on long tables and had fun sticking them with colored pushpins.

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John Randolph Hearst Jr., 28, whilom journalist and grandson of William Randolph Hearst; and Patricia Lusk Tenny, 23, onetime Hearst magazine trainee; in Manhattan.

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Miss Bennett,* whilom "Baby Eva Tanguay" of vaudeville, looks like a street cherub with the legs of a high-jumper.

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After him scuttled his whilom "Prime Minister," the recently proud and pompous Wang Ching-wei.

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He had gone over all the mishaps which had taken place and he was now absolutely convinced that his whilom friend Braine and the Countess Perigoff were directly concerned.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold