Word: ghanaian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Friday, Feb. 20, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to the Iraqi capital aboard a Falcon 900 jet lent to him by French President Jacques Chirac. The deceptively soft-spoken Ghanaian listened for two days as the Iraqis pressed their position. On Sunday, Feb. 22, in the massive Republican Palace on the banks of the Tigris River, he calmly closed a deal with Saddam Hussein. There would be no bombing, at least not now. There was a global sigh of relief...
...delighted as a Ghanaian," said Appiah. "I think it's great. My mother will use [the stamps] for all her letters. Also, [Gates] is my best friend...
Gates and several other black literary figures are being honored on a series of Ghanaian and Ugandan postage stamps with their pictures on them...
Then he got a phone call from his father in mid-January. "Hello Derrick, this is Daddy," Ashong recalls, imitating his father's British-Ghanaian accent. "I got a call from this woman about a movie. What the hell is going...
...State-designate Madeleine Albright negotiated throughout the week with the French U.N. ambassador. By Thursday, Annan had 14 of the 15 Security Council votes, with only France dissenting, and Paris finally gave way when all three African nations on the council, including Boutros-Ghali's Egypt, united behind the Ghanaian. Annan must now deal with the U.N.'s huge budget deficit and its controversial peacekeeping role. The new boss is experienced at both...