Word: douceur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...League politics. Attempting tc give Italy her promised free hand in Ethiopia, he has also acted as an Honest Broker in attempting to manacle that hand and giving the League its first taste of real power by applying sanctions. Regaining his Senate seat twice over, securing a comforting douceur from Great Britain in the shape of a promise of aid in the event of a Nazi invasion, maintaining the League's face above rumors of gentlemen's agreements, Italian reprisals and serious armed Fascist threats at home, 1931's Man of the Year stood almost an even...
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