Word: hammer-shield
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...millions who cannot pronounce his name ("Just call it Hammer-shield," he says. "That's what it means"), Dag Hammarskjold is "Mr. U.N." He is the man whose job it is to stand between the representatives of Israel and the Arabs, India and Pakistan, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Hammarskjold does not fancy himself as a "World Moderator," as the U.S. Government once suggested the Secretary-General should be called. He sees himself more modestly as the U.N.'s chief servant, ready to do the bidding of his bosses, the 60 nations. In the name of the United...
Pronunciation: Dag (as in bag) Hammar-shiuld. His own advice to Americans: "Call me just Hammer-shield. That is, after all, about as near as most people get. Anyway, it's exactly what my name means...
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