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Word: sidenten (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years (1924-40) Léger presided behind the scenes of France's Foreign Office. He was known as "the Vansittart of the Quai d'Orsay," "Europe's greatest living diplomat." Said one awed foreign observer: "Präsidenten gehen, Aussenminister gehen, aber Alexis Leger bleibt immer da" ("Presidents go, foreign ministers go, but Alexis Leger always remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Double Life | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

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