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Word: uppsala (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Education: B.A. 1925, Uppsala University (literature, French, practical philosophy, economics). His doctorate thesis-Distribution of Economic Market Trends-at Stockholm University (1933) was abstruse, brilliant, and prefaced with a quote from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: " 'That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,' the Duchess replied in a pleased tone." Diligently learned English. French and German, and displayed his talents last week in a trilingual press conference. At college, friends tagged him "the perfect civil servant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: U.N.'S NEW SECRETARY GENERAL | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

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