Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party of the Left. They have pledged themselves to the same goal of social justice which Mendes-France is pursuing. He may yet give France the progressive and vigorous government it needs, if he can win their allegiance. To do so, he must learn to play the diplomat as well as the man of action...
...Time to Talk. Hammarskjold, a polished, professional Swedish diplomat, conferred four times with Chou, the cold-chiseled Communist. In all, they talked for 13 hours and 35 minutes across a table in Peking's Hall of the Western Flowers. A Chinese Harvard man interpreted, a few advisers listened silently. Thrice daily, blue-uniformed Chinese servants noiselessly served tea and cookies while the discussion continued. Only once, said Professor Ahmed Bokhari, who accompanied Hammarskjold, was there "a slight relaxation for about five minutes. Otherwise, the conversations were intense, earnest and continuous...
...Daddy," a young voice may pipe in 1965, "what did you do during the cold war?" If Daddy was a U.S. diplomat he may have to answer: "I tried to give away butter and eggs." If the small fry thinks this activity unheroic, he will be wrong. Scores of U.S. diplomats are working day and night, trying to allay the raging resentment of allies over the U.S. program for disposing of parts of its $7 billion accumulation of surplus commodities. Last week the storm reached a new intensity when Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson announced a desperate "test." The U.S., under...
...young lover" type, and that same year blonde Baroness Daisy earned still another title: Miss Germany. Sought after by the great and powerful in the twin worlds of Art and Fashion, Daisy in 1932 gave up her own career to marry a wealthy and successful young diplomat named Oskar Schlitter...
...Henri Bonnet, 66, whose charm and Gallic wit have entranced Washington for the past nine years, and Mme. Bonnet, a fixture on lists of the world's best-dressed women, were seen off for home amidst the popping of champagne corks. Just before sailing time, Diplomat Bonnet got a sisterly farewell kiss from a longtime family friend, glamorous Grandma Marlene Dietrich. Said he feelingly to his well-wishers: "I thank you for the happiest years in our lives...