Word: gibsonized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...propose to hear Mr. Gibson now! If Dr. Rutgers will tell me exactly how long he wants to speak I may make a bargain with...
While Ambassador Gibson modestly turned around and started back to his seat, "Uncle Arthur" boomed...
Thus encouraged, Ambassador Gibson started down the aisle again, reached the rostrum just as German Delegate Dr. Rudolf Nadolny rose to ask, "Does this mean that the delegates shall not be allowed to speak on the resolution as a whole...
...speak later," cried President Henderson, but by this time Mr. Gibson had left the rostrum and was perched on the edge of a chair. When the U. S. Ambassador was about to make his third start, he saw that Soviet Delegate Maxim Maximovitch Litvinov had arisen. "For several weeks, even months," observed the Russian, "several delegations have been talking continuously, while others have not spoken at all ! Unless they have lost the habit of speaking, delegates should be allowed to speak as they wish...
...answer to that," snapped President Henderson, "is that for six months we have had sufficient talk! Are you making a point of order or a speech?" "My whole idea," plaintively interrupted Ambassador Gibson, "was a shorter debate. I now put off my statement...