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Hiss, Alger
(Hiss, Alger)
Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation:
/his/
(
1904–96
)
, US public official. In 1948 he was accused by journalist Whittaker Chambers of passing State Department documents to a Soviet agent.
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