Word: sami
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That was the version given by the army "committee" under one Colonel Sami Hennawi, which led the putsch and seized power. Another report was that Zaim was shot down at his house when he tried to hurl a hand grenade at his captors and that 18 others died with him. Whatever the truth, Zaim and his premier were dead. Damascus also heard that Zaim had refused a blindfold with the words: "I lived bravely and I want to die bravely...
...Tenshi-Sami, the most influential living poet (better known as Hirohito, Emperor of Japan), had "a very slight cold." An outdoor poetry party was called off until he felt better...
...slight, myopic man known as O-Tenshi-Sami, Son of Heaven, is a religious symbol, explained OWI. As such, he is a potent puppet in the hands of the warlords-but some day he might be an equally useful puppet to the Allies...
...largely Christian Lebanon, where Moslems are mistrusted, the Fighting French had better, luck. Last week in Beirut they set up a new government under slight, grave-faced Maitre Sami Bey el Solb, who had fought the Turks in World War I side by side with T. E. Lawrence and King Feisal. Around him Premier el Solh gathered a strong Cabinet and prepared to hold a free election for the Presidency and Parliament. And in Cairo, Premier el Solh has another friend even more potent than Fighting Frenchman Catroux: Egypt's roving-eyed Premier, Nahas Pasha...