whilom

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At the same time, he delivered a few more oblique shafts at his chief tormentor, Senator William Fulbright, a whilom hero of the intellectuals.

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One question was whether he had given money to Albert Bacon Fall, whilom Secretary of the Interior.

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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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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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"Richard," said his whilom fiancée, when they were alone, "are you in love with that girl?"

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend