Lemass
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"There was no need for second explosion - but Lemass wanted a bit of a kick out of it, that he would outclass the first one."
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2016
Yet Sean Lemass never once thought about carrying out revenge or demanding retrospective justice,” Ó Cuív said.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2016
He cited the example of another prominient Fianna Fáil politician, Seán Lemass, who was Taoiseach from 1959-66 andput the country’s violent past behind him.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2016
Though Sean Lemass is often chided in Parliament for foot-dragging on housing and farm reform, most of the nation's problems are a longtime legacy of national poverty and political timidity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government's eagerness to raise Ireland's "Green Curtain," as Lemass calls it, reflects a growing cosmopolitanism in the universities and population centers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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