Word: legatione
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MULLING over the governmental structure of the newborn United States, Thomas Jefferson went on record as favoring "little or no diplomatic establishment." That wistful measure of the proper size for the U.S. State Department prevailed for more than a century. At the time when Secretary of State William Seward was...
Arrests & Asylum. Kádár presumably got some propaganda mileage out of the Vatican pact, which allowed Pope Paul to appoint six Hungarian bishops of his own choosing. Hungary's leader has given little in return. Though some Hungarian bishops have again been allowed to visit Rome...
Against Copelessness. Charlotte Murray Curtis' society reporting blends a proper background with the perspective of the competent reporter. Born of strong-willed and well-to-do parents-her mother, who served in the U.S. Legation in Switzerland, was the first woman to be admitted to the U.S. Foreign Service...
Lukacs' article seemed to reflect the views of the Kadar government, which last September took a notable step toward normalization of church-state relations by signing an agreement with the Vatican allowing it to appoint bishops to a number of sees. Kadar now seems willing to move on from...
Hardest hit (with a ten-year term) was Dr. Ferenc Matheovicz, 50, onetime leader of the outlawed Democratic People's Party, who has already spent seven years in prison for his democratic political beliefs. The charge this time smacked of the absurd: Matheovicz was planning to restore the Habsburg...