Kissinger

[kis-uhn-jer]

noun

1. Henry Alfred, 1923–2023, U.S. statesman, born in Germany: U.S. secretary of state 1973–77; Nobel Peace Prize 1973.

Kissinger

/ ˈkɪsɪndʒə /

noun

1. Henry ( Alfred ). born 1923, US academic and diplomat, born in Germany; assistant to President Nixon for national security affairs (1969–75); Secretary of State (1973–77): shared the Nobel peace prize 1973

Example Sentences

The Watergate tapes caught Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger discussing this issue on March 13, 1972.

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If you’d rather not know the worst thing Henry Kissinger ever did to America, then “American Experience: Kissinger” is the documentary for you.

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As for the glorious history of the Nobel Peace Prize, the fact that Henry Kissinger got one and Mahatma Gandhi did not pretty much sums it up.

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Henry Kissinger, among others, went to school—Harvard, after being turned down at Columbia, Cornell, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton—on the GI Bill.

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Lehrer explained his retreat from the stage by saying that “political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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