Word: dino
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grandi v. Tardieu. So young is Signor Dino Grandi, 35, that he has grown a beard like an Egyptian mummy's to achieve dignity as Italian Foreign Minister. Last week the beard waggled angrily. Against the will of France, Italy sought to impose on the conference this procedure: agreement should first be reached on the ratios of naval strength in which the powers would stand; secondly, each power should announce its total tonnage needs...
Spade-bearded Dino Grandi hoped that this procedure would work out as follows: the conference would first decide that France and Italy should stand in a naval ratio of parity. Secondly, when the time came for each nation to announce its needs, France would have to lay her cards on the table before Italy, for the simple reason that the conference procedure is alphabetical and F comes before I. When his turn came, Signer Grandi, already assured of parity with France, already aware of her maximum demands, would simply repeat with a virtuous air Signor Benito Mussolini's old saying...
...Dino Grandi, spade-bearded Fascist delegate to the London conference, was the sensation of Mayfair drawing rooms by wearing, with formal evening dress, white collar and tie, a black shirt...
...king's left sat the British delegates, and beyond them, past the turn of the table, could be seen Signor Benito Mussolini's closest friend, spade-bearded Foreign Minister Dino Grandi...
...Duce's attitude is often said to be based on a profound cynicism, on the absolute conviction that the Powers will never unanimously agree to naval limitation. But as the conference sat down, last week, Foreign Minister Dino Grandi of Italy said: "I foresee the closest cooperation between Italy and America. . . . I feel sure that our two countries will find themselves on the same side throughout the conference...