Word: mediferranean
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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Since the days of the Mediferranean "world" when it was no unusual occurrence, as Pliny indicates, to have envoys returned from Parthia or some other district on the outer rim, without their tongues ambassadors have enjoyed an unenviable reputation. Today it is no longer customary to cut out tongues, under ordinary circumstances; but the Ricei-Watson incident of last week, officially termed "closed" yesterday, shows how difficult it is for an ambassador to do his diplomatic balancing act without drawing down hostile criticism. He either says too much or too little, and whatever he says is twisted to mean anything...
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