Saavedra Lamas
Americannoun
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Scientists are not the only one to break $1 million: The 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded in 1936 to Carlos Saavedra Lamas, a former foreign minister of Argentina, sold for $1.1 million in 2014.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2016
The 1936 peace prize awarded to Carlos Saavedra Lamas, the Argentine finance minister who convinced his country to join the League of Nations, sold for $1.16 million.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015
While still acting as Foreign Minister, Dr. Saavedra Lamas expects soon to retire.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They begged and pleaded with him, since he was actually in Buenos Aires, to negotiate there with Argentine Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas and try to clear up the many vexatious Argentine-U.
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Added to all these there was, of course, Nobel Prizeman Saavedra Lamas, one of the most important and one of the most difficult to handle.
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