Daddah
Americannoun
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When General Charles de Gaulle came to power, Daddah was Mauritania's only lawyer, and therefore the obvious man to lead his country to self-rule under the semiautonomous government allowed by the French in 1958.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the money, Moktar Quid Daddah hopes to build himself a country.
From Time Magazine Archive
Defying Morocco, Mauritania's Sorbonne-educated Premier Moktar Ould Daddah, 38, has argued all along that there is no historical basis for union, and that the two countries have neither lan guage nor ethnic origins in common.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Doesn't he know it isn't time for dinner till Daddah comes home?" asked Mary Jane.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Judson, Clara Ingram
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