Word: selim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Greenwich, England, somebody swiped the seven-inch, diamond-studded headdress presented to Admiral Lord Nelson in 1798 by Sultan Selim III of Turkey to commemorate Britain's victory over Napoleon in the battle of the Nile...
...Assembly voted a strategic embargo against Red China and North Korea. Russia's Jacob Malik and Soviet satellite spokesmen growled: "Illegal . . . shameful." India's Sir Senegal Rau fretted: "[It] may add to the difficulties of an honorable settlement by creating yet another psychological hurdle." Turkey's Selim Sarper retorted: "[It] is only a beginning and a modest one." At debate's end, an overwhelming U.N. majority agreed with the Turkish spokesman, swiftly brushed protest and doubt aside. The Assembly approved the measure 47 to 0. The five Soviet bloc members refused to take part...