Word: avenol
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Serene as always, King Fuad arrived, noted the makeshift throne, diplomatically tested only the edge of its capacity. To M. Avenol, still warm from his recent labors, King Fuad hinted: "Each time Egypt has been invited to international meetings under the auspices of the League she has been happy to participate...
...Secretariat. Little used to entertaining pompous monarchs who travel as does Egypt's Fuad with a small army of retainers, Secretariat members thought only in the nick of time to provide a throne for the dusky, red-fezzed potentate. Acting Secretary General J. A. M. C. Avenol, flustered in the absence of his chief, suave, assured Sir Eric Drummond, madly canvassed Geneva's second-hand shops until he found a massive chair heavy with carvings and bright red plush into which the king of Egypt would decorously fit. The democratic, glass-walled Council Chamber of the Secretariat...
...last-minute blemish on the scene was abruptly removed when Secretary Avenol spied a disobedient British correspondent in a checkered suit, pushed him into an alcove...