Waldheim
Americannoun
noun
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Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim in 1978, and is widely credited for leading the African nation to independence under his mandate as the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces there in the late 1980s.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Unlike his predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, who was regarded as a “workaholic” and who spent long hours in his office, Pérez de Cuéllar liked to get away from it all.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
Unlike his predecessor, Kurt Waldheim who was regarded as a “workaholic” and who spent long hours in his office, Perez de Cuellar liked to get away from it all.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2020
As such, “The Waldheim Waltz” sometimes dances between a brisk, present-tense recounting of political history and a more wandering, personal reflection on the filmmaker’s history.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
He would have liked to turn away and leave the restaurant, but he had promised to wait for Count Waldheim and Heydeck.
From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph
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