Word: protocolic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fleet units. Once his Brooklyn accent betrayed him at a banquet at the Hotel Astor, where he was posing as the U.S. consul general from Rumania. He was exposed, but managed to stay out of jail. In 1921, he got into the White House by posing as a "U.S. protocol representative," introduced Afghanistan's Princess Fatima to President Warren G. Harding. In 1926, claiming to be a prominent Hollywood physician, he tried to take charge of Rudolph Valentino's funeral services in New York. Other roles: Lieut. Commander Royale St. Cyr, French air corps; Peruvian ambassador...
...English hardly at all, and Harry Truman, who speaks English with a Missouri twang and French not at all, grinned broadly and shook hands warmly when they met in the vaulted State Room of Washington's Union Station. Five prodigious days of partygoing, personal appearances and stiff protocol failed to erase either presidential grin...
...special protocol, which has little meaning in 1951, stated that Turkey could not be "forced" into "action having as its effect . . . armed conflict with the Soviet Union...
...Christmas Blubber." With gay disregard of military protocol, Molly had drawn up a big guest list. It included Mrs. Hoyt Vandenberg, wife of the Air Force chief (who was off on an inspection tour in Korea); the formidable Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, a doyenne of Washington society; Mrs. Cyrus Ching; Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Biffle; Lord and Lady Tedder-and, of course-Colonel May. A few of the guests were missing, but surveying the crowd, Molly thought it best to move to General Vandenberg's own office...
Sloan was swept into a series of abrazos from the women in the unofficial welcoming party, emerging with two bouquets and smeared lipstick. Somewhat eclipsed, the new ambassador listened to a brief welcome from Alfonso Castro Valle, sub-chief of protocol. Then from his light grey suit he fished a diplomatic little speech of his own. Said O'Dwyer, in Spanish that had gone a bit rusty since his student days in Salamanca: "I feel deeply honored that I have been chosen to succeed the distinguished and able former ambassador, Mr. Walter Thurston, and I am gratified that...