On 27/06/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
That said, it's pretty safe when there's no real reason to doubt it, which is for things like career progression (ambassador Sofia in 1973, Belgrade in 1979, break from '82 to 86, then to Moscow...). I don't think we automatically need to add caveats unless we actually have reason to dispute it - saying "claims in Who's Who that... [factual statement]" sort of implies we think the subject's lying about it in some way. "Claims" is a slightly loaded term.
Yes, sorry, I meant "states".
- d.