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...defeat at Grey North (no laughing matter). Said Mr. King: Tasse "is a good Liberal, day in & day out, much better than those who were ready to celebrate [before Grey North voted], but who have been running around corners since." At last the Prime Minister summoned his chauffeur, clapped his hat on his unshampooable head, drove home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: THE DOMINION: After Grey North | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...Impatiently they admitted their acts. As Sternists and "sons of Palestine," they had come to Cairo for the express purpose of killing Moyne, they said. Tsouri and Hakim had leaped on the running board of Lord Moyne's car. Hakim had shot the Minister, Tsouri had stabbed his chauffeur to death. Then the prisoners began to expound the Stern credo of violence. They justified the assassination as an act of war against a foreign invader (Britain). Austere Mahmoud Mansour Bey, the presiding judge, tried vainly to halt the torrent of burning words. At last he ordered reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Two Assassins | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

Down on the luncheon table Ambassador Oumansky plumped his ambassadorial payroll. It listed five full-time diplomats, two military attaches, 18 miscellaneous employes, including chauffeur and servants. Then Oumansky insisted that Ambassador Messersmith make a solemn inspection of the Embassy. The old Parada mansion, though roomy and pretentious, was obviously not big enough to house hundreds of agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Dramatic Luncheon | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

...black sedan from the Soviet Embassy stopped one day last week before a modest bungalow on Washington's 21st Street Northeast. A chauffeur delivered a package, with these instructions to the housewife who opened the door: "Handle carefully. For the Honorable Harry D. White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Mr. White | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

...possibility. If the President of the U.S. dies, the Senate President pro tem becomes the de facto Vice President of the U.S. (without inheriting the right of succession). And in that event, Spoilsman McKellar would also get a $5,000-a-year salary increase, plus a Government automobile, with chauffeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vision of McKellar | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

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