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...That may well be true, but the continued pressure from U.S. and Great Britain could easily be construed as meddling, which could undermine the very democratic system they are trying to promote. Mahmoud Ottman, a Kurdish member of parliament involved in the negotiations, welcomes U.S. help in moving things along but thinks media reports of the White House and State playing favorites could be ?counterproductive." ?I like the Americans asking the Iraqis to hurry up,? he told TIME. ?But to talk about who will be Prime Minister - they want this one and don?t like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rice Plays Favorites in Baghdad | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

SIDNEY R. OTTMAN San Rafael, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1950 | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...West Hampton, L. I., Arni Benedictson, Norwegian butler of Mr. & Mrs. William Ottman Jr. proved to be an Admirable Crichton straight out of Sir James Barrie's play. With meticulous calm he saved 23 people by shepherding them, including the Countess de Fontnouvelle (wife of the French consul-general) and her infant, into the Ottman house, signaling for help from the roof with a bed sheet. At the storm's height he reported to the house guests: "I am sure that our signal was observed, but the situation is most disturbing and perhaps I should venture outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Abyss from the Indies | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

...bicyclists will be perhaps the most prominent on the track. The college has many excellent riders. There are Goodman and Ottman, and Dickie, who won the two-mile handicap from scratch within two seconds of the intercollegiate record time at the fall games; W. H. Bird, a N. Y. Athletic Club man; Williams, why rode second in the Princeton-Columbia intercollegiate meet last spring; George Ruppert; Morrill, who won his heat in the intercollegiate race two years ago, and Captain Fearing, who scored Columbia's only point in the '95 intercollegiate meet. Besides these there are a good many less...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA ATHLETES. | 1/29/1896 | See Source »

...finishes were the rule. Elliot, Holmes and Brinckerhoff dropped out in the semi-finals, so Harvard was not represented in the last race. In this the men remained bunched from start to finish and the pace was fast,- so fast that on next to the last lap Sims and Ottman fell on the course. Even without Sims, Glenny of Yale was forced to be content with third place. Goodman, C. C. N. Y., won first, and Gorbey of Cornell second. The time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE WINS AGAIN. | 5/28/1894 | See Source »

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