Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Misere. It is Clémenceau's thesis that ever since his hand left the helm French statesmen have been steadily leading their country down the road of misery, throwing away with both hands what he won at Versailles, and simultaneously blaming him for not having won more. Foch, for example, maintained that Clémenceau should have persuaded the Peace Conference to set the eastern frontier of France at the Rhine...
...Bavarian village of Bayreuth that night, while millions of her country-folk heard the grave music broadcast over the nation, a spare, withered old lady lay peacefully in death. Although no one kept watch over her as over the bodies of kings and statesmen, the old lady did not appear to be alone. On her coffin lay a faded photograph of 50 years ago. Next day when she was carried the 40 miles to Coburg the photograph went too; stayed close to her when she was carried into the city crematorium and a string quartet sounded the measured strains...
Loud were the wails of protest from statesmen and delegates. Secretary Stimson, whose delegation has already spent $350,000 at the conference, was particularly annoyed. Said...
What does this mean? Like nearly all the great pronouncements of this most British of statesmen it is susceptible of that interpretation which may best serve the needs of King and Country at some future time...
...predecessor Jacob Gould Schurman was popular with German statesmen, who found him a kindred spirit, much as Norwegian bureaucrats feel they have almost a brother in Laurits Selmep Swenson, born at New Sweden, Minn., who has been U. S. Minister to Norway since...