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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Diem, Ngo Dinh 1901-1963. Vietnamese political leader who became president of South Vietnam in 1954. He was assassinated in a military coup d'état.
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“Fast forward four years, and Diem is now making this resource possible for anyone in the hospital.”
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“Corruption was rife within Diem's family, involved as it was in drug dealings, rice contracts with the U.S. government, and coerced contributions to the Catholic Church -- headed in South Vietnam by Ngo Dình Thuc, archbishop of Hue, who happened to be Diem's older brother.”
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“Tadeusz Diem is now coming to the end of his term as Ambassador for the Republic of Poland to Canada.”
“His Excellency Tadeusz Diem is a special guest today, not because he is coming to the end of his term as the first Ambassador from Poland since its rebirth as a free and independent state in 1992, but because he has been a part of the transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as a witness to it.”
“I've always lived by the phrase "Carpe Diem" but sometimes I don't really do it.”
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“So last night, when it was becoming clear to Pauliss that he was going to be the goat for NOAA, Pauliss called Diem and did his best to find some safe hiding place in the Chief of Staff's shadow, and Diem made soothing noises and said he would do what he could.”
Mother Of Storms
“At 5, the generals called Diem again, put Col. Le Quang Tung,”
“At 5, the generals called Diem again, put Col. Tung on the phone, who told Diem that he was a prisoner of the coup leaders.”
“The peasants watched and cringed as Diem ruthlessly routed out all opposition, supported their extortionist landlords and refused even to discuss reunification with the North.”
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“After 1954 they watched us conspire with Diem to prevent elections which would have surely brought Ho Chi Minh to power over a united Vietnam, and they realized they had been betrayed again.”
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