Word: roudybush
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When Franklin Roudybush spoke those words in Washington last week, he was simply echoing a general observation made by countless men and women since March 1933. But short, swart, button-eyed Mr. Roudybush differed from most of the others in that he proposed to do something about...
...famed Civil Service (in which the candidate may be required to discuss anything from the causes of British hostility to Russia, 1815-1878, to the proposition, "The ballad is not literature"), but they are stiff enough to baffle most bright young Phi Beta Kappas. Cautious candidates commune with Mr. Roudybush for four months before attempting them. Confident candidates take the examinations first, often commune with Mr. Roudybush afterward for a second try. Each year 75 to 100 aspiring diplomats pay $225 apiece for the privilege. His school, now housed in a three-story Georgetown mansion, was founded in an apartment...