Word: tardieu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grandi v. Tardieu. So young is Signor Dino Grandi, 35, that he has grown a beard like an Egyptian mummy's to achieve dignity as Italian Foreign Minister. Last week the beard waggled angrily. Against the will of France, Italy sought to impose on the conference this procedure: agreement should first be reached on the ratios of naval strength in which the powers would stand; secondly, each power should announce its total tonnage needs...
...Signor Grandi's positive demands, Prime Minister Andre Tardieu of France was not afraid to shout "No!" ten times more positively. He was also able to convince Italy that he had the silent backing of Britain and the U. S. Defeated in the first round, Signor Grandi withdrew his demand that ratios and total tonnages come first on the agenda, but saved the face of Signor Mussolini by a voluble oration to the effect that Italy "reserves" these points and will not join in any agreement reached by the conference until they have been settled...
...wish to see Mr. Wakatsky," said Tardieu forewarned by Briand...
...PRESENT," shouted Tardieu, furious, "LA REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE...
Poupette Gautier, chic unmarried personal secretary to Prime Minister André Tardieu, showed pique at the acclaim London papers continued to bestow on Statesman Stimson's "beauty chorus of typists." "Well, we French typists haven't any fur coats like the wonderful Americans," said Poupette, "but we came here to type reports and we shall type reports. One might think to read the papers that this was a style show...