Word: blanding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Insufferable!" Within the Cabinet there has been constant friction between Mr. Hore-Belisha and other ministers, who have found his cocksureness offensive, his aggressiveness "pushy." Air Secretary Sir Kingsley Wood has been especially vexed at War Secretary Hore-Belisha's bland assumption that R. A. F. units in France ought to be subordinated to the Army as soon as possible. In fact, what Leslie Hore-Belisha has been after is the creation of a Defense Ministry-with the Army, Navy and Air Force all subordinate to one able go-getter. This might be a good idea. But coming from...
When a Roman Catholic bishop or archbishop in the U. S. dies, the Pope himself appoints his successor, often following the advice of his Apostolic Delegate in the U. S. This official-at present the bland, swart Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani-has no diplomatic standing, but lives in a handsome $1,000,000 Apostolic Delegation on Embassy Row in Washington...