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Daddah

American  
[dad-uh, dah-dah] / ˈdæd ə, ˈdɑ dɑ /

noun

  1. Mokhtar Ould 1924–2003, Mauritanian statesman: first president of the Republic of Mauritania 1961–78.


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Mauritania's Premier Moktar Quid Daddah, 35, was just back from Paris and Washington with a $66 million World Bank loan.

From Time Magazine Archive

President Moktar Ould Daddah, 37, is popular conservative who reflects Arab rather than African policies.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Daddah took over, Mauritania had not even a capital; as part of the old French West Africa, it had been administered from St.-Louis, across the frontier in Senegal.

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The officers accused Daddah of corruption, but a more likely reason for the coup was Mauritania's woeful record in the drawn-out guerrilla war it is fighting, alongside Morocco, in the former Spanish Sahara.

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No," said Mary Jane, decidedly, "Daddah will come out and get some to-morrow, maybe.

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson

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