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Word: eyadema (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early morning sunlight, he was spotted huddled beneath the steering wheel by one of the mutineers. Crying "All right, you have me!", Olympio surrendered and, prodded by rifle butts, was hustled down the driveway, past a mango tree and through the green gate. There he balked. Sergeant Etienne Eyadema, commander of the rebel detachment, later declared: "He could not stay there. There would have been demonstrations. He would not move. I shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Togo: Death at the Gate | 1/25/1963 | See Source »

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