Word: parleyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rate, the Brenner parley was the prelude to Hitler's diplomatic-if not military-spring drive, and the Allies certainly did not like...
Years ago this turbaned giant of a man, wearing baggy pants and a flowing robe, consented to a parley with a British Resident General of Waziristan, the craggy, wild tribal area of Northwestern India. It did not turn out well. The Fakir was friendly enough. But he declined to accept British bakshish ("small change"), and after he had gone it was discovered that the Fakir's entourage had looted the Resident General's headquarters while the conference was taking place...