Word: diplomat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Diplomat. The scramble for Hull's job was short, eager and one-sided. The biggest and fastest boom billowed up for OWM Boss Jimmy Byrnes. The dopesters had other names, too, especially the three "Ws"-Wallace, Winant and Welles. But most of the dopesters were wrong...
This week a tough-minded U.S. diplomat was hard at work in one of World War II's toughest diplomatic posts. Major General Patrick Jay Hurley, ramrod-backed and handsome at 61, had already been acting as U.S. Ambassador to China for four weeks. Now Franklin Roosevelt sent his appointment to the Senate...
...27th anniversary of the Russian Revolution the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs pioneered a new revolution-in style. Henceforth the well-dressed Soviet diplomat will wear a dramatic new uniform. But simplicity is the keynote. A simple, double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...
...Latin American policy drifted sluggishly around Argentina's request for a Pan-American conference (TiME, Nov. 6), Latin Americans floundered in chaos. Said one Latin diplomat: "Take a look! The Pan American Union accepts Argentina's request unanimously. Notes are sent to 20 nations. The State Department 'Immutables,' consulted by us, say they will not impede such a meeting. We go back to our chancellories and cook up suggestions to send to our Governments. Then we are told by our Foreign Ministers that U.S. Ambassadors have pressed them to take no initiative. At this rate...
...campaign to reopen a road to China through northern Burma, "Vinegar Joe," at 59, proved himself a crack field commander, a masterly tactician-and also a driving, red-tape-be-damned anti-diplomat. His men, Chinese and American, saw him frequently from their jungle foxholes. He jeeped across the tortuous terrain indefatigably, injected his high-octane personality into every advance...