Word: servante
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...from Wall Street. Jimmy Forrestal is a notable example of able businessman turned able public servant. Born a Dutchess County neighbor of Franklin Roosevelt, he went to Princeton, edited the Daily Princetonian, got his nose flattened in a friendly boxing match, was graduated in time to enlist in the Navy in World War I. He emerged a lieutenant...
...King George of Greece. Said Churchill: "His Majesty's Government will give you all support. . . . The Nazi tyrant must be destroyed. . . . After this ... the Greek nation, free from foreign interference, will choose the form of democratic government under which they wish to live. The King is the servant of his people. I am sure he has no wish to force himself upon the Greek nation...
...Sheet." Back in 1914 a tiny (5 ft. 3 in.), easygoing Irish civil servant named William Joseph Shields stood on the stage of Dublin's great Abbey Theatre, quakingly ready to deliver himself of his first speaking role. It was brief. The play was Sheridan's The Critic and his entire role, as "2nd Sentry," was to meet the cue "All this shall to Lord Burley's ear" with a yes-man's " 'Tis meet it should." Just before the cue, the malicious actor next him whispered, and the terrified Mr. Shields repeated, loud & clear...
...budget message. He coldly, competently answered the questions of the House, as coldly departed when the job was done. The Members expected no more, and no less, of Sir John Anderson, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Britain's No. 1 example of that peculiarly British institution, the civil servant...
...thought he could always tell whether the financial news was good or bad according to whether Norman sported a red or blue beret. His devotion to the Bank was fanatical. Looking out over his garden, Norman once said: "I wish they would let me stay here." Said an old servant: "Surely you can if you wish." Replied Norman: "No, it is impossible" - and left at once for the Bank...