Word: diplomatized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, the Latin American diplomats were in a dither. Some were reluctant to sit in dangerous judgment on Argentina. Others welcomed the conference, now that Argentina had asked for it. Said one pro-U.S. diplomat: "We are divided. Some are cursing the Argentines' mothers, others their fathers." Said another: "This is a beautiful chance to spank the Argentines on their rear ends where they keep their brains.'' Said a third: "Now the party begins. We shall have bullfights...
...attended by King-in-exile Zog of Albania; and Patricia Mary Pansy Priest, 23, British nursery-schoolmistress; he for the second time; in London. The bride became a Moslem last February; to wed her, Dr. Nachaat Pacha proffered his resignation as Ambassador, because under Egyptian law no diplomat may marry a foreigner...
...Besides," said certain diplomats in deeply anonymous whispers, "we don't like such ganging-up. Any one of our countries may find itself in Argentina's shoes if it tries to get out of the U.S. sphere of influence or otherwise opposes the State Department. No one wants to prepare a scaffold on which he may be hanged." One diplomat quoted a Spanish proverb: "When you see your neighbor being shaved, prepare to lose your own whiskers...
Miliza Korjus' belated U.S. debut seemed of a piece with the rest of her eccentric career. Daughter of a Swedish diplomat and a Polish woman, she was born in Warsaw. Traveling all over Europe in the course of her father's assignments, she attended some 16 continental conservatories, winding up at Paris. While there, she was spotted by RCA Victor recording scouts, got her first recording contract while she was still a student. Miliza Korjus was married to a Swedish engineer who wanted her to settle down and raise a family. But her records created such a furor...
Cracked an indignant French diplomat in Washington: "Mon Dieu, que faut-il faire pour leur plaire? Se prostituer...