Word: az
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After being informed that all aboard were safe, sly Foreign Minister Aranha could not resist a diplomatic jest. "The plane was not overloaded," said he. "It was simply Ruiz Guiñazú's conscience that was heavy...
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Caracciolo Parra-Pérez used only one gesture as he rose to speak. He shook a furious finger under the pained nose of Ruiz Guiñaz...
Apparent Triumph. By mid-week Sumner Welles looked bored. But after a private three-hour session with Chile's Rossetti, Argentina's Ruiz Guiñazú, Peru's Alfredo Solf y Muro, and Brazil's Oswaldo Aranha, Mr. Welles was jubilant. "If I had been earlier I would have ordered champagne for you all," he told waiting newsmen...
...Short of Rupture. Given a ready-made opportunity to mount a high horse, Acting President Castillo repudiated the proposed declaration. Faithfully, Ruiz Guiñazú proposed a compromise-to change Article III's grammar so that the phrase "cannot continue diplomatic relations . . ." would read "can discontinue diplomatic relations. . . ." Thus Argentina would be released from any anti-Axis commitment...
...disappointment, chainsmoking, Sumner Welles leaned forward with his head on three fingers of his left hand. From time to time he carefully mopped his forehead with a folded handkerchief. Chile's Rossetti continually and nervously smeared his hand over his sweaty face. Argentina's Ruiz Guiñazú clasped and unclasped his hands with a prayerlike gesture, toyed with a large ring on the third finger of his left hand...