Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many U.S. radio listeners are dissatisfied with the programs that commercial radio gives them, but don't like the idea of Government-controlled broadcasting either. In recent years a group of well-fixed pioneers (among them: Adman-Diplomat William B. Benton, Economist Beardsley Ruml, Educator Robert M. Hutchins) have been proposing another alternative: Subscription Radio (TIME...
...integrity and dignity of the big soldier-diplomat dominated the marble caucus room. George Marshall was, as always, firm but courteous, patient and persuasive. His flat monotone carried a note of determination...
...nature until it makes more noise than the subway, paid scant attention to the snow that was falling when they awakened one day last week. The day was almost mild (29°), the sky was a conservative shade of grey and the wind breathed as apologetically as a Japanese diplomat. The snowflakes themselves descended in a silent and orderly manner, like letters dropping down a mail chute in a good trust company. It was mid-afternoon before the average citizen began to notice how heavily the smothering snow was falling (it averaged 1.8 inches per hour...
...year, U.S.-citizens might wonder how their enlightenment had come about. Looking back, Old Soldier Marshall might wonder himself. It was a kaleidoscopic story of surprise, improvisation and counterattack. When he took over as Secretary of State, George Marshall, despite his attendance at wartime conferences, was no skilled diplomat. He had been sent to China as a special presidential envoy to bring peace between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government and the Chinese Communists. He failed in his mission. He came back denouncing the Chinese Communists as "irreconcilable," the Nationalists as "reactionary...
Alberto Bellardi Ricci, Italian minister to Stockholm, was about to take his new post as full-fledged ambassador to Chile. He was a kind, popular diplomat and sorry to leave his Swedish friends. "However," he said, "I shall return." On Christmas Day, in high spirits, he gave a farewell party in the legation's sumptuous dining room. Maria, the maid, brought in a letter. Legation Secretary Marquis Gian Gaspari Cittadini-Cesi looked at the disjointed scrawlings. "This man is mad," he told Ricci. "You should not receive...