Word: ambassadors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When correspondents asked him, after the luncheon, what was in the Vintners' Cup, Ambassador Dawes snapped, "That's my business! That kind of question is hitting below the belt...
...Guest Dawes's handling of the Vintners' massy, golden wassail cup. Brimming with stout English sack specially brewed of old sherry and spices the Vintners' Cup was supposed to be deeply quaffed in sociable succession, first by Toastmaster the sporting Earl of Derby, second by Ambassador Dawes, third by jovial Publisher-Peer Lord Riddell, finally by the company at large after suitable replenishments. But when Lord Derby had drunk ceremoniously and passed the cup, Teetotaler Dawes pursed his firm lips, brushed the Vintners' chalice against them for less than a second, then swiftly passed...
...your specific question," answered the Ambassador, more calmly, "I am frank to say that my handicap is 35. I play golf and I don't play it, if you understand what that means...
Easily secured by Mr. Stimson was the cooperation of both Britain and France, the latter country consenting to transmit his "reminder" to Russia (see p. 9). Soon after the "reminder" was transmitted, Statesman Stimson received formal assurance from China and Russia (the latter through French Ambassador Paul Claudel) that each would abide by the Kellogg Treaty, that neither intended to take hostile action in their dispute...
...Ambassador to Germany Jacob Gould Schurman perspiring diplomatically in a hot coat while the rest of the gallery sat comfortably in shirtsleeves. . . . Dr. Daniel Prenn stopping in the middle of his match with Francis T. Hunter to chase away an annoying yellow butterfly. . . . Hunter gleefully flinging his racket across the courts after he took the final game from Dr. Prenn. . . . Hans Moldenhauer politely catching William Tatem Tilden's serve in his hand after an erring referee had called "out" to the previous Tilden service. . . . Patriotic Germans groaning loudly while Doubles-Partners Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn raced through...