Word: dromio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...model of conscience, the tomb of discretion," but he is also noted for humor and informality. In 1960, he was assigned to escort Nikita Khrushchev on his tour of France, became one of the few contenders to top Khrushchev in a proverb-spouting contest. The old adage (quoted by Dromio of Syracuse in Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors) that stopped Nikita: "He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil...