Word: tichmenev
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...Tichmenev, Secretary of the Bolshevik Embassy, was on hand to receive the Presidential party in the absence of Ambassador Leonid Krassin in Russia. Instead of waiting for the formal introduction and then showing the President the assembled collection of Red art, M. Tichmenev rushed him to a plush-covered table on which were four glasses of champagne...
Realizing that he had blundered, but not knowing how, M. Tichmenev said: "Help yourselves, Messieurs," drained his glass. The Presidential party drank, drained, departed, having spent exactly four minutes in the pavilion...
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