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Word: throttler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stench that "an honest man could not breathe"; the Security Council was "a spittoon, even worse than a spittoon-a cuspidor"; Nationalist China was "a corpse we have to cast right out of here, straight to hell." From places and things he descended to personalities: Syngman Rhee was "a throttler and choker of the Korean people," Philippine Delegate Lorenzo Sumulong "a jerk and a lackey," Dag Hammarskjold "a fool" and President Dwight Eisenhower "a liar." As for the United Nations itself, "the U.N. is the U.S., it's all one; after all, it's a branch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Thunderer Departs | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

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