Word: ambassadorship
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...More than once in the past five troubled years the old man has been talked of as the man to rally a united France. Times had never been worse than they were last week when the legendary defender of France, firm and erect at 83, returned from his Ambassadorship to Spain to become Vice Premier in Paul Reynaud's Cabinet. "He will remain until final victory," announced M. Reynaud. The white-mustached oldster was to act as special military counselor to the Premier...
...Federal Council and the Christian Century these seemed weasel words. Said the Council's executive committee: "The unwarranted interpretation of this appointment . . . has not been explicitly denied." Wrote Editor Morrison: "Mr. Roosevelt will only confirm the opinion now held widely throughout the country that he wishes the ambassadorship of Mr. Taylor to be regarded by Catholics in one way and by Protestants in another...
...Surprising was the naming of rich John Cudahy, lawyer, ex-rancher, present Minister to Eire, as Ambassador to Belgium. Having built up a fine stable in Eire (he gave up the Ambassadorship to Poland for the Dublin post), hard-riding, unambitious Diplomat Cudahy hated...
This unusual parting gift to the U. S. capitalist-diplomat from the Soviet Union's Communist rulers was the last of a series of cordial farewells terminating Mr. Davies' 18 months' ambassadorship in Moscow. Most unusual feature of the farewells was a two-hour talk (subjects unrevealed) with Dictator Stalin himself. Two days before their departure, Commissar for Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinoff gave a farewell dinner to Mr. & Mrs. Davies and the Embassy staff. Tipping a glass of champagne in a toast to President Roosevelt. Commissar Litvinoff declared there was a "latent mutual sympathy'' between...
Joseph P. Kennedy '12, head of the Maritime Commission who is currently reported to be slated for the London Ambassadorship, eked out expenses while at Harvard by selling candy on an excursion steamer...