Search Details

Word: gratae (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...wealthy wife Emine, whose holdings included a palace in Cairo, many acres of rich Egyptian land and a bankful of Egyptian pounds, is Farouk's cousin. Ambassador Tugay complained publicly that Egypt's highhanded action was illegal. The Egyptian government countered by declaring him persona non grata as ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Unwanted | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

Hammett's ideological stupidities have now made him persona non grata with State Department libraries, but the old master of the "Black Mask" magazine wrote some of the finest non political fairy tales before he vanished into obscurity: The Maltese Falcon is among his best. MICHAEL MACCOBY

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Maltese Falcon | 9/30/1953 | See Source »

Next day he went to Washington and talked to the FBI. Last week the State Department made public the fearful little episode, declared Cristache Zambeti persona non grata and kicked him out of the U.S. The Rumanian took a plane to Europe, muttering: "A frame-up. I never saw him." The Voice of America beamed the tale to 40 countries around the world. And the Georgescus went back to New York-to wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Course of Honor | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

Washington last month checked on the acceptability of Charles E. Bohlen as U.S. Ambassador to replace George F. Kennan, declared unacceptable by the Russians. The Russian reply: Bohlen is persona grata. Then, where the Administration did not expect it, trouble arose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Persona Grata? | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...Teheran and Yalta, Harry Truman's at Potsdam. Before Bohlen, or anyone else, takes over as the new U.S. Ambassador in Moscow, the Administration will have to decide what to do about the Soviet government's unceremonious booting of former Ambassador George (Containment) Kennan, declared persona non grata last October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Hands at State | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Next