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Definition of Trygve Lie
1. Noun. Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trygve Lie
Literary usage of Trygve Lie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jerusalem Question, 1917-1968 by H. Eugene Bovis (1971)
"UN Secretary General Trygve Lie was so upset at the supposed damage done to UN
prestige by the "American reversal," that he threatened to resign and ..."
2. Truman, the Jewish Vote, and the Creation of Israel by John Snetsinger (1974)
"Secretary-General Trygve Lie has written that "Washington took the heart out of
any support which the Security Council might have mobilized to enforce peace ..."
3. Annual Reportby American-Scandinavian Foundation by American-Scandinavian Foundation (1916)
"Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations; Hon. Harold E. Stassen,
former Governor of Minnesota, and Dr. Harlow Shapley of the Harvard Observatory ..."
4. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"He held many posts in his 40 years with the UN: he was personal assistant to
Trygve Lie, the first secretary-general, for three and a half years, ..."
5. Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Jr. (1995)
"Trygve Lie Diplomats: "A diplomat is a person who tries to solve complicated
problems which would never have arisen if there had been no diplomats. ..."
6. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"... England, Sweden and the general secretary of the UN Trygve Lie have recently
appealed several times to the representative of the Chinese people's ..."
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