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Neal Rubin and consul Allegra Baistrocchi share a fondness for SheWolf Pastificio in Detroit, where the cuisine reminds her of her native Rome.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2024
He was appointed the U.S. vice consul in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and arrived in Russia shortly before the Bolsheviks rose to power that November.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
That was the year Cicero took office as consul of Rome—a political position that resembled the U.S. presidency—and then discovered a terrorist plot to assassinate him and his co-consul and burn down the city.
—Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
The warehouse facilities of the nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission served as the backdrop of a Tuesday press conference, where a coalition of Caribbean consuls gathered.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2024
He was appointed the U.S. vice consul in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and arrived in Russia shortly before the Bolsheviks rose to power that November.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
That was the year Cicero took office as consul of Rome—a political position that resembled the U.S. presidency—and then discovered a terrorist plot to assassinate him and his co-consul and burn down the city.
—Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
The warehouse facilities of the nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission served as the backdrop of a Tuesday press conference, where a coalition of Caribbean consuls gathered.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée, has been nominated as a United States diplomat, a day after he was seen holding hands with Florida socialite Bettina Anderson.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Zoom in: Both President Biden and President-elect Trump — and many spies, diplomats and defense officials personally involved in the tumultuous events of the last year — agree that Assad was doomed by the weakening of his allies, Russia and Iran.Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
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Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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His decision to appeal prompted Bruckner, who works as a ministry assistant at a Colorado nondenominational church, to ask Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, to review the court record.Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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America First, the nonprofit group founded by Stephen Miller, who is set to become Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, took a victory lap after the ruling.Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Nicholas Denny, a former Bibb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy, was revealed to have been fired by lead sheriff David Davis more than a year after the district attorney told the sheriff's office Denny lied about a local jailer committing a crime.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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And eventually, proxies crumble, because (as Machiavelli wrote five centuries ago, about mercenaries and auxiliaries) nothing is as shockproof and reliable as a state army composed of citizens whose interests match your own.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
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For context, MicroStrategy’s last bond offering paid 0% interest, and the overnight funding rate, which would be the proxy for a leveraged bitcoin ETF, is currently 4.75%.Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Iraqi foreign minister then traveled to Doha on Saturday to discuss the situation in Syria with his counterparts from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, had traveled to Damascus this week, meeting with Mr. al-Assad and pledging Iran’s full support.Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Among the alumni are former governors, a U.S. ambassador and numerous notable professional sports players and executives.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two of these ambassadors, Arion Long and Chrishon Lampley, received a $10,000 grant from Caress to fuel their business growth and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams.Jennifer Ford, Essence, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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