24-25	May 2007 Readings/Article The $50,000 question SEE ALSO: Belgium; Campaign funds; Career as candidate for U.S. president; Career as Swift Boat Veterans for Truth contributor; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Kerry, John; 2004; Fox, Sam; Selection and appointment PDF IMAGES
18	October 2006 Readings/Article Cost of leaving SEE ALSO: Arab-Israeli conflict; Career as U.S. secretary of state; Rice, Condoleezza; Costs; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Hizballah (Lebanon); Lebanon; Repatriation PDF IMAGES
20	June 1997 Readings/Article Save the silver! SEE ALSO: Albania; Diplomatic and consular service, American; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
43-126	March 1979 Article America's foreign policy: A rake's progress By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Anti-Americanism; Democracy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; 1945-1989; Officials and employees; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Dept. of State; World politics PDF IMAGES
69-75	November 1978 Article Diplomatic spoils: The Washington bureaucracy abroad By Roger Morris SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Carter, Jimmy; 1977-1981; Officials and employees; Patronage, Political; Selection and appointment; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
22-27	September 1978 Article Seminar in African diplomacy: In which Americans might take notes from the French By Kenneth L. Adelman SEE ALSO: Africa; American influences; Young, Andrew; Career in diplomacy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic and consular service, French; French influences PDF IMAGES
10-16	December 1972 The easy chair/Article Christmas list: A few hints for Hark By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Alaska ; Athens; Liggett, Barbara; Fischer, Bobby; Bumper stickers; Career as activist; Career as Connecticut state treasurer; Career in archaeology; Career in chess; Career in construction industry; Career in newspaper publishing; Career in restoration of railroads; Construction workers; Demonstrations; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Dragon by the tail (Book); Environmental aspects; Environmental conditions; Eskimo newspapers; Excavations (Archaeology); McAttee, Gordon; Rock, Howard; Davies, John Paton; Altemose, Leon; Jensen, Oliver Ormerod; Petroleum industry and trade; Berdon, Robert I.; Trade-unions; Voluntarism PDF IMAGES
76-80	July 1965 Article Nehru: A view from the embassy By Catherine Atwater Galbraith SEE ALSO: Career as India prime minister; Galbraith, Catherine Atwater; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats' spouses; Homes and haunts—India—New Delhi; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy; Nehru, Jawaharlal; Journeys—India; 1947-; Prime ministers PDF IMAGES
16-22	January 1964 The easy chair/Article How to save money: An open letter to Congressman John J. Rooney By Henry Serrano Villard SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
14-22	December 1963 The editor's easy chair/Article Christmas list By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Animal marking; Bears; Career as director of U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Career as New York (New York) traffic commissioner; Career as North Dakota rancher; Career as nursing home administrator; Career as Washington (D.C.) hotelkeeper; Career as wildlife manager; Career in dental research; Civil service reform; Colorado; Control; Coyotes; Hadjimarkos, D.M.; Dental caries; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Downsizing of organizations; Government paperwork; Sternik, Hans; Barnes, Henry; Holtzclaw, Henry J.; Murphy, Hugh; Ice accidents; Killdeer; Coyne, Marshall; Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; Gundrum, Earl, Mrs.; North Dakota; Open spaces; Oregon; Pittsburgh; Portland; Pre-trial release; Prevention; Ranchers; Free, Stuart; Traffic congestion; Veterinary toxicology; Wildlife conservation PDF IMAGES
82-85	March 1962 Article The real life of a foreign service officer By Holmes Welch SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; 1961-1963 PDF IMAGES
46-54	December 1961 Article Galbraith in India By Kusum Nair SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. ambassador to India; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Economic assistance, American; Foreign public opinion, East Indian; Galbraith, John Kenneth; 1947-1984; 1961-1963 PDF IMAGES
63-70	August 1961 Article Our national talent for offending people By D.H. (Don H.) Radler SEE ALSO: American periodicals; Anti-Americanism; Banana trade; Circulation; Corporations, American; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Economic assistance, American; Honduras PDF IMAGES
40-45	April 1961 Article Adenauer and McCloy: The godfathers of the new Germany (first of two articles) By Dean Acheson SEE ALSO: Career as military governor of West Germany; Career as U.S. high commissioner in West Germany; Career as U.S. secretary of state; Career as West German chancellor; Acheson, Dean; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats; Germany (West); McCloy, John Jay; Adenauer, Konrad; Clay, Lucius D.; Portraits; Prime ministers PDF IMAGES
84-86	December 1959 After hours/Article The great Soviet-American map game By Kenneth Mack SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic and consular service, Soviet; Diplomatic privileges and immunities PDF IMAGES
80-89	November 1959 Article Rebuilding the foreign service By James L. (James Lucian) McCamy SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. secretary of state; Career in U.S. State Department; Herter, Christian Archibald; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Foreign relations administration; Kennan, George Frost; Officials and employees; Murphy, Robert Cushman; Selection and appointment; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
29-35	September 1959 Article Our ambassadors: An intimate appraisal of the men and the system By Charles Wheeler Thayer SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic etiquette; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; Diplomats; 1945-1989 PDF IMAGES
24-27	September 1959 Personal and otherwise/Article Among our contributors: Short, bright, costly By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American PDF IMAGES
62-64	August 1956 Article F.D.R., Lady Churchill, and the Brussels sprouts By Belle Roosevelt SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain—Humor; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano); Friends and associates—Humor; Winant, John Gilbert; Churchill, Clementine, Lady; Prime ministers' spouses PDF IMAGES
50-54	May 1956 Article Italy changes her way By Giorgio De Santillana SEE ALSO: Career as president of Italy; Christian democratic parties; Cold War; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Elections; Gronchi, Giovanni; 1945-1976; Petroleum industry and trade PDF IMAGES
70	May 1956 Article A soft answer turneth away water: Or, Cooper keeps his eye on the ball SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. ambassador to India; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Economic assistance, American; Floods; Cooper, John Sherman PDF IMAGES
23-30	July 1955 Article Ambassador Luce, as Italians see her By Luigi Giorgio Barzini SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. ambassador to Italy; Luce, Clare Boothe; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Family; Luce, Henry; 1945-1976; Women ambassadors PDF IMAGES
52-58	January 1955 Article The faults of American diplomacy By Harold George, Sir Nicolson SEE ALSO: Diplomacy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic and consular service, French; Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes; League of Nations; Proceedings; United Nations. General Assembly; United Nations. Security Council; Views on diplomacy; Wilson, Woodrow PDF IMAGES
20-21	January 1955 Personal and otherwise/Article The ghost that won't lie down By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. secretary of state; Career in U.S. State Department; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Dulles, John Foster; Davies, John Paton; Officials and employees; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
24	September 1954 Personal and otherwise/Article Diplomatic crisis By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Bribery; Diplomatic and consular service, American; The Middle East PDF IMAGES
23-29	May 1954 Article A bipartisan policy for Asia By Chester Bowles SEE ALSO: Asia; Cold War; Diplomatic and consular service, American; 1953-1961 PDF IMAGES
27-34	February 1954 Article Syngman Rhee: The free man's burden By Frank Gibney SEE ALSO: Career in Korean politics; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic history; Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; 1953-1961; Rhee, Syngman PDF IMAGES
90-95	November 1952 Article Chester Bowles, new-style diplomat By Jean Lyon SEE ALSO: Career in diplomacy; Bowles, Chester; Cold War; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Economic assistance, American; 1945-1953; 1947-; 1947-1984 PDF IMAGES
66-73	June 1952 Article Vox populi and foreign policy By Elmer Holmes Davis SEE ALSO: Cold War; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Powers and duties; United States. Congress PDF IMAGES
23-29	March 1951 Article The crusade against Acheson By Elmer Holmes Davis SEE ALSO: Hiss, Alger; Anti-communist movements; Career as U.S. secretary of state; Career as U.S. senator; Acheson, Dean; Diplomatic and consular service, American; East Asia; McCarthy, Joseph; 1945-1953; 1949-; Proceedings; Trials, litigation, etc.; United Nations. General Assembly; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
55-58	February 1951 The easy chair/Article Our first testing By Bernard Augustine De Voto SEE ALSO: Wayne, Anthony; Career as U.S. president; Career in diplomacy; Career in French diplomatic service; Morgan, Daniel; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Genet, Edmond Charles; Washington, George; Jay, John; Military leadership; 1783-1815; 1789 to 1797; Territorial expansion; Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794 PDF IMAGES
304	March 1944 Article Attention: Department of State By Karl Patterson Schmidt SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Latin America PDF IMAGES
408-413	August 1919 Article The wrong side of the looking-glass: Impressions of topsy-turvy Russia By Arthur Bullard SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Moscow; Moscow (Russia); Political corruption; Rationing; Revolution, 1917-1921 PDF IMAGES
827-833	May 1919 Article A young Venetian friend By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Florence; Friends and associates; Friendship; Venice; Venice (Italy); Howells, William Dean PDF IMAGES
634-640	April 1919 Article An old Venetian friend By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Florence; Friends and associates; Friendship; Venice; Venice (Italy); Howells, William Dean PDF IMAGES
837-845	November 1918 Article Overland to Venice By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: Atlantic Ocean; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Passenger accommodation; Steamboats; Transatlantic voyages; Venice PDF IMAGES
377-386	August 1918 Article Impressions of the kaiser: IV.—The kaiser under fire By David Jayne Hill SEE ALSO: Career in diplomatic service; Causes; Hill, David Jayne; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Bülow, Bernhard, Fürst von; William II, German Emperor; Hohenzollern, House of; Influence; International relations; 1888-1918; Resignation from office as chancellor of Germany, 1909; William II, 1888-1918 PDF IMAGES
208-219	January 1918 Article Havana in the sunshine By Arthur Bartlett Maurice SEE ALSO: Cigar industry; Cuba; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Golf courses; Havana; Havana (Cuba) PDF IMAGES
872-879	November 1917 Article Diplomatic days in Mexico (third paper) By Edith O'Shaughnessy SEE ALSO: Career in Mexican politics; Correspondence; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats' spouses; O'Shaughnessy, Edith; Madero, Francisco I.; Mexico City (Mexico); 1909-1913; 1910-1946; Revolution, 1910-1920 PDF IMAGES
707-716	October 1917 Article Diplomatic days in Mexico (second paper) By Edith O'Shaughnessy SEE ALSO: Riedl von Riedenau, Baroness; Career in Mexican politics; Correspondence; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats' spouses; Earthquakes; O'Shaughnessy, Edith; Madero, Francisco I.; Barra, Francisco L. de la (Francisco León); Inauguration, 1911; Mexico City; Mexico City (Mexico); 1910-1946; Hintze, Paul von; Portraits; Revolution, 1910-1920; Hohler, Thomas PDF IMAGES
518-527	September 1917 Article Diplomatic days in Mexico [(first paper)] By Edith O'Shaughnessy SEE ALSO: Correspondence; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats' spouses; O'Shaughnessy, Edith; O'Shaughnessy, Elim; Exile; Madero, Francisco I.; Barra, Francisco Leon de la; Mexico City (Mexico); Orozco; Díaz, Porfirio; Portraits; Revolution, 1910-1920 PDF IMAGES
519-526	September 1916 Article The Department of State By Gaillard Hunt SEE ALSO: Career in U.S. Dept. of State; Civil service; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Bartle, George; Thomas, Henry Livingston; Officials and employees; United States. Dept. of State; Hunter, William PDF IMAGES
366-372	February 1916 Article London recollections of Lowell By Ehrman Syme Nadal SEE ALSO: Biography; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Lowell, James Russell PDF IMAGES
735-742	April 1915 Article John Hay in politics and diplomacy: From his unpublished letters and diaries By William Roscoe Thayer SEE ALSO: Cabinet officers; Career as U.S. president; Correspondence; Diaries; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Hay, John; 1897-1901; Spanish-American War, 1898; Staff; McKinley, William PDF IMAGES
327-336	February 1915 Article Washington after the war: From the unpublished diaries of John Hay By William Roscoe Thayer SEE ALSO: Johnson, Andrew; Diaries; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French; Dix, John A. (John Adams); Hay, John; Sprague, Kate Chase; 1865-1869; Portraits; Reconstruction; Seward, William Henry PDF IMAGES
448-456	February 1915 Article The material needs of our diplomatic service By David Jayne Hill SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; International relations; 1913-1921; Patronage, Political PDF IMAGES
190-198	January 1915 Article Can our diplomatic service be made more efficient? By David Jayne Hill SEE ALSO: Civil service reform; Diplomatic and consular service, American; International relations; 1913-1921; Patronage, Political PDF IMAGES
489-497	September 1914 Article The romantic voyage of Polly Jefferson By Katharine M. True SEE ALSO: Adams, Abigail; Children of presidents; Correspondence; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Family; Journeys—Europe; Eppes, Maria; Jefferson, Thomas; Transatlantic voyages PDF IMAGES
690-698	April 1914 Article Shall we standardize our diplomatic service? By David Jayne Hill SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; International relations; 1913-1921 PDF IMAGES
188-197	January 1914 Article Why do we have a diplomatic service? By David Jayne Hill SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; International relations; 1913-1921 PDF IMAGES
651-662	October 1911 Article My experience during the Commune (part I) By L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone SEE ALSO: Commune, 1871; Correspondence; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Washburn, E.B. (Elihu Benjamin); Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de); Paris (France); Personal narratives; Portraits; Women singers PDF IMAGES
274-281	July 1909 Article Martin Van Buren, diplomat: Minister of the United States to England By Montgomery Blair SEE ALSO: Jackson, Andrew; Career as U.S. president; Career in diplomacy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Van Buren, Martin; 1829-1837 PDF IMAGES
690-696	October 1905 Article American diplomacy: Its influence and tendencies By John Bassett Moore SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Foreign ministers; Mason, John Y. (John Young); 1865-1921; Portraits; Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis); To 1865 PDF IMAGES
PAGE MISSING 127-134	June 1898 Article A century of Cuban diplomacy—1795 to 1895 By Albert Bushnell Hart SEE ALSO: Cuba; Diplomatic and consular service, American; 1810-1899; Territorial expansion PDF IMAGES
788-801	April 1896 Article Mr. Lowell in England By George W. (George Washburn) Smalley SEE ALSO: Americanisms; Biography; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Lowell, James Russell PDF IMAGES
933-942	November 1895 Article Out of the world at Corinto By Richard Harding Davis SEE ALSO: Career as president of Nicaragua; Central America; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Zelaya, José Santos; Nicaragua; Portraits PDF IMAGES
427-438	August 1895 Article Roundabout to Boston By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: American periodicals; Anecdotes; Authors and publishers; Taylor, Bayard; Biography; Hale, Charles; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Booth, Edwin; Friends and associates; Homes and haunts—Massachusetts—Boston; Homes and haunts—New York (State)—New York; Lowell, James Russell; Fields, James Thomas; Motley, John Lothrop; Portraits; Hildreth, Richard; Winthrop, Theodore; Venice; Howells, William Dean PDF IMAGES
477-478	August 1895 Editor's study/Article — (III) By Charles Dudley Warner SEE ALSO: Commerce; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Patriotism PDF IMAGES
602-608	September 1893 Article The diplomacy and law of the Isthmian canals By Sidney Webster SEE ALSO: Design; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua); Panama Canal (Panama) PDF IMAGES
799-801	April 1893 Editor's study/Article — (II) By Charles Dudley Warner SEE ALSO: Commerce; Diplomatic and consular service, American PDF IMAGES
294-307	January 1893 Article Why we left Russia By Poultney Bigelow SEE ALSO: Canoes and canoeing; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Internal security; Saint Petersburg (Russia); Warsaw (Poland) PDF IMAGES
882-887	May 1890 Article Making United States bonds under pressure By L.E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden SEE ALSO: Lincoln, Abraham; Armored vessels; Autographs; Career as Register of the Treasury; Career in diplomatic service; Adams, Charles Francis; Confederate States of America. Navy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Government securities; Chittenden, L.E. (Lucius Eugene); Military leadership; 1861-1865; Staff PDF IMAGES
815-816	April 1889 Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American PDF IMAGES
801-802	April 1886 Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Costume; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats; Manners and customs PDF IMAGES
488-489	February 1886 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Patronage, Political; Selection and appointment PDF IMAGES
917-918	November 1875 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Californians; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Piatt, Donn; Humor PDF IMAGES
455	August 1874 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Chile; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Oceania; Speeches in Congress PDF IMAGES
157-158	December 1873 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Franklin, Benjamin; Diplomacy; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Humor; Statesmen PDF IMAGES
589-600	March 1872 Article A Japanese statesman at home By Edward Howard House SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Hirosawa; Homes and haunts; Statesmen; Tokyo; Tokyo (Japan) PDF IMAGES
797	April 1871 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Hawaii; Sailors; Trials (Breach of the peace) PDF IMAGES
898-901	May 1870 Article Cuba and the Ostend Manifesto By Donn Piatt SEE ALSO: Career in diplomacy; Career in politics; Cuban question; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Mason, J.M. (James Murray); Buchanan, James; 1775-1865; 1814-1886; 1853-1857; Soulé, Pierre; Territorial expansion; Marcy, William L. (William Learned) PDF IMAGES
137-138	December 1862 Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American PDF IMAGES
562	September 1858 Editor's drawer/Article Editor's drawer SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; “Editor's drawer” (Harper's) PDF IMAGES
457-471	March 1858 Article Tropical journeyings. En route for California By Oran SEE ALSO: Career as United States Consul at Jamaica; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Harrison; Jamaica; Kingston; Kingston (Jamaica); Passenger accommodation; Steamboats; Voyages to the Pacific coast PDF IMAGES
272-276	January 1858 Editor's easy chair/Article Our foreign gossip SEE ALSO: Actors; Austria; Manin, Daniel; Death and burial; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French; Emperors; Cavaignac, Eugène; Arago, F. (François); Homes and haunts; Monuments; Monuments—Italy—Turin; Obituaries; Princes; Tomb; Turin; Vienna; Scholz, Vincent PDF IMAGES
706	April 1857 Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Prussia; Prussia (Germany); Switzerland PDF IMAGES
700-701	October 1856 Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Costume; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic etiquette; Diplomats PDF IMAGES

50-55	September 1982 Fiction A tomb with a view: A story By Paul Theroux SEE ALSO: Detective and mystery stories; Diplomatic and consular service, American PDF IMAGES
628-639	April 1855 Fiction Some account of a consulate SEE ALSO: Autobiographical fiction; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomats; Latin America PDF IMAGES

495	August 1898 The drawer/Joke A transposition SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; Pronunciation by foreign speakers; Spanish language PDF IMAGES

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