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Article: Talleyrand, the archetypal diplomat, was said to be able to keep an expressionless face while being kicked in the backside.(The Week ...)(Brief article)
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- National Review
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- December 17, 2007
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Talleyrand, the archetypal diplomat, was said to be able to keep an expressionless face while being kicked in the backside. Spain's King Juan Carlos flunks that test. At an Ibero-American summit in Chile, Venezuela's left-wing strongman, Hugo Chavez, denounced Spain's last prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, as a "fascist." Aznar's successor, Jose Luis Zapatero, gravely admonished Chavez to be more respectful, but the Venezuelan continued to ...