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"All negotiations end with a degree of ambiguity," Étienne Davignon, a former senior Eurocrat, told a meeting at a Friends of Europe forum in October.
Europe's Leaders May Need History Lesson Stephen Fidler 2011
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Finally, as the hour got close to midnight, the imposing Count Etienne Davignon of Belgium, a prominent and forceful Commissioner of the European Community, lost his patience.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Finally, as the hour got close to midnight, the imposing Count Etienne Davignon of Belgium, a prominent and forceful Commissioner of the European Community, lost his patience.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Davignon was directly involved, 1964-1965, in the code-named "Dragon" operations that installed the "kleptocrat" Mobutu and seeded the beginning of the end for millions of Congolese people.
Over Five Million Dead in Congo? Fifteen Hundred People Daily? 2008
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Davignon is also a close associate of Donald Rumsfeld through the bio-warfare production company Gilead Sciences.
Over Five Million Dead in Congo? Fifteen Hundred People Daily? 2008
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The work is designed to embrace folio portraits, engraved by Davignon, from daguerreotypes by Brady, of twenty-four of the most eminent American citizens who have lived since the time of Washington.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 Various
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I saw everybody, from Monsieur Davignon down to the porters, and spent an hour and a half there.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Hugh Gibson 1918
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Madame Davignon, the wife of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in her son's home, peacefully working away on clothes for the wounded.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Hugh Gibson 1918
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_ Baron Beyens, M.nister at Berlin, reported to M. Davignon, M.nister for Foreign Affairs at Brussels, the diplomatic situation at the German capital.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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Count Lalaing, M.nister at London, telegraphed to M. Davignon that
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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