"I was told that I look like Churchill and speak English like Charles Boyer," Paul-Henri Spaak once said. "Of course, I would rather speak English like Churchill and look like Charles Boyer." With 230 lbs. on his six-foot frame, Spaak could hardly pass for Boyer. And for all his oratorical gifts, he would never be confused with Sir Winston. Yet for 34 years, he was a power in Europe. He was Foreign Minister of Belgium six times, and twice the nation's Premier. Spaak in fact, was bigger than the tiny country in...
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