Word: diplomatic
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...with her public success. She had married at eleven, borne a son at twelve, and she was deserted by the time she was 14. She married her manager, one Gil Boag, in 1924, and was divorced again in 1929. She tried once more in 1933 with a Venezuelan diplomat named Hector Briceno de Saa. That marriage ended...
...DIPLOMAT (299 pp.) - Charles W. Thayer-Harper...
Throughout much of history, diplomats were considered several cuts below highwaymen and only slightly above strolling actors and gypsies. At the sight of a diplomat, a prince might well lock up his papers, his money and his women. In Machiavelli's time, an ambassador was expected to bribe a ruler's servants, seduce his wife and, in a pinch, kill him. As late as the 17th century, a member of the House of Commons seen talking to a foreign diplomat might lose his seat. If such distrust lingers today, it is probably because a great many governments...