Word: talaat
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...eight wild shots at Nasser in Alexandria a month ago, burst into tears and sobbed that he was but a dupe led on by clever masters. Supreme Guide Hodeiby protested violently: "I stayed against my will and tried to resign, but the Brotherhood refused." At first, Terrorist Chief Youssef Talaat stood up to Salem and cried: "Please, you're going to kill me, but don't try to insult me." But soon Talaat too was saying: "I was nothing but an errand...
Although he gives only limited sketches of individuals, Bernstorff mentions in passing that the Archduchess Luisa was "more of a case for Sigmund Freud than for the historian," that Prince Max could only sleep with the assistance of powerful narcotics. His best portrait is of his friend Talaat Pasha, Grand Vizier of Turkey, a gentle cynic who, when pressed about the Armenian question, would suggest that it was solved since there were no Armenians left. Anxious to have Turkey represented at an international Socialist Congress, Talaat was embarrassed to find that there were no Turkish Socialists either. He appointed three...