Word: orsay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their support penetrated via new French Premier Chau-temps even as far as London. His Majesty's Government were extremely near the point of extending "belligerent rights" to the Spanish Rightists last week (see p. 24), when Downing Street received frantic word from the Quai d'Orsay that Premier Chautemps, in order to get his Cabinet over its first rocks in the Chamber, must be able to tell French Communists that he was successfully staving off this British gesture toward Franco. In this appeal Chautemps & Bonnet-who was on the telephone to London almost hourly seeking support...
France, now thoroughly alarmed, pulled every possible wire to keep Spain's fire from spreading. The Quai d'Orsay hastily drew up a strict agreement of neutrality, sent it to Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, The Netherlands. Italy, Russia and Germany hedged elaborately. But with anxious Britain backing France, the neutrality agreement was perfunctorily accepted "in principle" by almost every European State...
...Blum to surround himself with yes-men and of these the most modest is Radical Socialist Yvon Delbos. When offered the Foreign Ministry he cried, "Oh, that is far too great an office for me!" and last week was frankly floundering at the Quai d'Orsay. Since the new Premier, too, has no experience in foreign affairs, M. Blum and M. Delbos hit on the idea of calling to Paris last week all the principal European envoys of France, to ask each of them how things were in the country to which he is accredited...
...contract. Only clue to Judge Puffle's possible appearance was the 30-foot silhouette of a pinguid, plug-hatted figure, not unlike Major Hoople in outline, which loomed above the orchestra and the heads of 20 blonde hostesses and Official Greeters James J. Braddock & Fifi D'Orsay at King Features' Waldorf party. Selling Judge Puffle sight unseen on the basis of Major Hoople's fame, King Features last week reported signing up Hearstpapers in 16 cities, 52 non-Hearstpapers besides. N. E. A. counterclaimed that not one of its 500 clients had dropped Hoople for Puffle...
Docking in Manhattan after a year in Sweden, Greta Garbo granted the first formal interview of her career to newshawks. After ten minutes of evasive chit-chat she rose to go, was cornered by deep-bosomed Cinemactress Fifi D'Orsay who gurgled "GeeGee, do you remember Fifi? I am so 'appee...