Word: byrneses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With one hand, Tito shoved his U.S. captives across the Trieste frontier. With the other, he sweepingly beckoned six American notables "to visit the Yugoslav frontier of Greece, and such other parts of Yugoslavia as they may deem necessary, to see for themselves what the true situation is." The Americans...
In 1945, as Charge d'Affaires in Chungking, Atcheson was charged with insubordination by his superior, Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley, because he had recommended U.S. Lend-Lease aid to the Chi nese Communists in the face of the avowed U.S. policy of helping the Nationalist Government. Atcheson along with...
At a Washington wedding reception, James F. Byrnes, retired U.S. Secretary of State, found an epigram, in his bourbon: "There are no new differences between Russia and the rest of the world. It is just that the same old differences have been perfected."
'Boss, I just can't,' I protested. 'I gave my word-my word to Harrison, Barkley, Byrnes and Guffey on the train.'
Currently the Post would rather talk about U.S. cities than anything: its series has run to 31 articles, none very critical or exhaustive, but powerful circulation pullers. On its editorial page, the Post still hews to a right-of-center line, but in its text pieces it sometimes wavers in...