Word: luxembourg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opening of a session, or during moments of great crisis, member nations still send their big guns to the U.N. (Last week's opening of the General Assembly attracted the Prime Ministers of Greece. Laos, Tunisia and Luxembourg, as well as 43 Foreign Ministers, including those of Britain, France and the U.S.S.R.) But the caliber of the permanent delegates today is not what...
Nervous Waiting. Lebanon also pulled out. There were rumors that Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg would follow. Still there were 69 nations officially on the Olympic rolls. The English and French had promised to compete. The U.S., with one of its best teams ever, had many of its members in Melbourne, and the rest were on the way. The Russians, who arrived five days late (their ship, the Gruzia, had killed time at sea until it seemed safe to put in at a Western port), loudly boasted of their prowess, gorged themselves on good Australian steaks, and promised to take...
...Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of Spain and in the name of the Queen Regent of the Kingdom; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the King of The Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; wishing to establish by a Conventional Act a definite system destined to guarantee at all times, and for all the Powers the free use of the Suez Maritime Canal...
...have to work so hard, but why shouldn't I do it? Got no husband, got no family. Just a widow with a small income, eatin' money." Turning from stern fiscal realities to light philosophy, Perle reminisced about her old job as U.S. Minister to Luxembourg: "I learned to stop and listen. Told that to a reporter one day, and I got a letter from a woman who said, 'Thank God, you've learned to keep your big mouth shut...