Word: ambassadored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old hero of the day, snow-thatched Hiram Bingham, ex-Senator from Connecticut (1924-33), ex-Yale professor and explorer, had come all the way from New Haven, Conn. He was greeted by an archbishop, a prefect, two senators, the mayor of Cuzco, and the U.S. ambassador. Together they celebrated the opening of a new highway up Andean cliffs to Machu Picchu (pronounced manchew peaktu), the ancient Inca capital discovered by Explorer Bingham in 1911. The roadway's name, proclaimed by Peru's President Luis Bustamante: the Hiram Bingham Highway (pronounced Eeram Bingam Igwye...
When portly George P. Shaw, the new U.S. ambassador, deplaned in Managua last month, Nicaraguan reporters pounced on him for a statement. "Glad to be here," breezed Shaw in safe diplomatic language. Then he turned to an aide, boasted: "Well, I guess I'm going to get along all right with the Nicaraguan press...
...Memorial Library. In the procession marched the presidents and representatives of 310 U.S. and 38 foreign universities and colleges, ranged in order of seniority-from the University of Bologna (founded 1088) down to New York State University, which so far exists only on paper. Oxford was represented by British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks, the University of Pennsylvania by President Harold Stassen, Kansas State College by President Milton Eisenhower (whom some nearsighted spectators in the crowd of 19,000 greeted with applause and whispers of "There...
...example, when Argentina's President Juan Peron complained to Uruguayan Ambassador Roberto E. MacEachen last month that Montevideo radio stations were reporting the alleged plot against him in an unfriendly manner, MacEachen replied: "But in Uruguay we have a free radio...
...beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment. The new Nash costs more than the old one ($275 more in the Super series, up to $390 additional in the Super-Ambassador...