whilom

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Five years ago, the whilom Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, and the Hearst press, suggested Dr. Copeland for President.

From Time Magazine Archive

For some time the Russian Soviet Government has had as its Minister to Poland whilom aristocratic Prince Obolensky.

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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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General Russell will be succeeded by a U. S. Minister, Dana Munro, whilom chief of the State Department's Latin-American division.

From Time Magazine Archive

A battered cap, tipped rakishly over one ear, topped a mat of curly red hair of the peculiar bricky hue that hisses a sibilant Celtic brogue in whilom wind-stirrings.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.