kurt waldheim

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kurt waldheim - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Kurt Waldheim
      n 1: Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United
           Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president
           of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had
           direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II
           (born in 1918) [syn: Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim]