Word: duces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Leader" would soon look into their case. The Führer soon showed, however, that he would not allow the plight of a mere 200,000 Germans to interfere with the destiny of some 80,000,000. At Rome, in May 1938, the Führer declared before Il Duce that the present Italian-German frontiers were inviolable...
...Foreign Minister Dino Grandi was the most dashing figure on the diplomatic stage and the fair-haired boy of Fascism as well. Then, in a surprise Cabinet shakeup, Dictator Benito Mussolini took away spade-bearded Dino Grandi's portfolio and made himself Foreign Minister. Some thought that Il Duce was miffed at the way Signer Grandi had conducted Italy's side of the negotiations at the Reparations Conference at Lausanne, but a more widely accepted theory was that he had violated Mussolini Commandment...
There had been altogether too much discussion, it was said, about who should succeed Il Duce, Dino Grandi or his bearded "twin," Italo Balbo, leader of the famed mass flight to the Chicago Fair. Grandi was "exiled" as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's in 1933 and Hero Balbo was made Governor of Libya, in which hot and barren land he sits to this day. Last week Ambassador Count Grandi was recalled from London to become Minister of Justice, and observers wondered whether he had not again been kicked upstairs...
...international conferences, and at Geneva, London, Locarno and other diplomatic stamping grounds, everyone except the French described the young Italian as "dynamic," "charming," "electric," and "captivating." While Il Duce thundered about Mare Nostrum and armed Italy as fast as he could, Diplomat Grandi talked disarmament and assured the world of Italy's peaceful intentions. With the French, rulers of the Geneva roost, he engaged in a never-ending fight for prestige. At the height of his career as Foreign Minister he paid a goodwill visit to the U. S. and chatted amiably with President Hoover and Secretary of State...
...drove Premier Mussolini, interrupting his crop inspection long enough to judge an exhibition of paintings entered in a competition to illustrate one of two prescribed subjects. He saw 44 pictures depicting the "State of Mind Created by Fascism," 79 pictures of "People Listening to a Radio Speech by Il Duce." Apparently Il Duce did not like the way people listen to his radio speeches. He awarded no prizes in that category. To State-of-Mind-Painter Luciano Richetti, Il Duce gave $2,725, congratulated him for showing "true Fascist spirit...