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Bevin

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Bev·in  (bvn), Ernest 1884-1951.
British labor leader and politician who served as minister of labor (1940-1945) and foreign minister (1945-1951) and was instrumental in postwar diplomacy, notably the NATO treaty of 1949.
Bevin [ˈbɛvɪn]
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(Biographies / Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: trade unionist) Ernest. 1881-1951, British Labour statesman and trade unionist, who was largely responsible for the creation of the Transport and General Workers' Union (1922): minister of labour (1940-45); foreign secretary (1945- 51)
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Noun1.Bevin - British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
Ernest Bevin


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Judt praises American leaders such as Harry Truman and George Marshall, echoing the claim of British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, who termed Marshall's speech announcing a massive American-funded development program for Europe "one of the greatest speeches in world history.
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35) Basing his description on the 2000 Rand Corporation study Swarming and the Future of Conflict by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, (36) both important contributors to RMA discussions throughout the 1990s, military historian Bevin Alexander lays out a fairly common view of the new type of warfare envisioned at the beginning of the 21st century.
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