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January 2012
World peace or a piece of crystallised fruit?
January 31, 2012 by Joshua Chambers
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I've stumbled across a small tale that brilliantly illustrates the importance of thinking before you answer a question.
Sir Oliver Franks was Ambassador to the United States in the late 1940s. One year, a Washington radio station asked various ambassadors what they would most like for Christmas. The French Ambassador responded that he would like to see peace throughout the world. The Russian Ambassador said he wanted to see working people of the world freed from imperialism. Franks' response... Read full post