Palme

[ pahl-muh ]

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noun

(Sven) O·lof (Jo·a·chim) [sven , oo, -lawf , yoo, -ah-kim], 1927–86, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1969–76, 1982–86; assassinated.

Palme

/ ˈpalmə /

Palme(Sven) Olof19271986MSwedishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister ( Sven ) Olof ( Joachim ) (ˈuːlof). 1927–86, Swedish Social Democratic statesman; prime minister (1969–76, 1982–86); assassinated

One would expect the country of Olof Palme, or Anna Lindh, or Raoul Wallenberg, to somehow do better.

Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, was awarded the Palme d'Or, Cannes' highest prize, on Sunday.

This week, a Palme d'Or winner at Cannes is a powerful portrait of high-school life in Paris.

It took but a moment to run alongside, and, in a moment more, the Palme was lashed to the Neptune in a deadly embrace.

This was a frigate—the Palme—with twenty-four guns and a crew of one hundred and fifty men.

I do not love Madame de Palme; I cannot and will not love her.

The iuste man shall floryshe as the palme tre, and shall be multiplyed as the Ceder tre.

Je donne la palme Jacques Amyot sur tout nos crivains franais.

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