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Word: sass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...ambassador after another, tempting Perón with the illusion that he can still swing a bail-out deal with the U.S., is worse than useless. En route now to Buenos Aires is a different kind of ambassador, a capable but little-known careerman who is unlikely either to sass or salute a defiant neighbor. Even Perón should be able to grasp that Albert Nufer, 57, a longtime State Department deskman whose only previous ambassadorial assignment was in El Salvador, is likely to ask nothing, offer nothing. For the present, U.S. policy toward Perón will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Cold War | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

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