Olympio
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He told Togo's President, Sylvanus Olympio, that the reason the US shared one ambassador between Togo and Cameroon was because he did not want his diplomats to "have to live in tents".
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2021
And there is Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo lying in his grave watching his son Faure in coalition with his lifetime foe Gilchrist Olympio.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2011
Fabre won the UFC's ticket for the elections this year on a technicality as Olympio was out of the country but analysts say divisions have been brewing within the party for some time.
From Reuters ● May 28, 2010
One after another, they echoed the neutralist declaration of Togo's Premier Sylvanus Olympio: "Our purpose is not to be drawn into the conflict between the great powers."
From Time Magazine Archive
The real outcast is not he who returns all alone, like Olympio; they who remain together are more apart.
From Light by Wray, Fitzwater
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