All 10 Uses
eminent
in
Long Walk to Freedom
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- Though this process seemed to me eminently fair—and also humorous—Tefu was still unhappy.†
Chpt 5.19 *eminently = with high standing
- To resolve the deadlock, the assembled nations agreed that a delegation of "eminent persons" would visit South Africa and report back on whether sanctions were the appropriate tool to help bring about the end of apartheid.†
Chpt 8.54eminent = respected and famous or important
- In early 1986, the seven-member Eminent Persons Group, led by General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former military leader of Nigeria, and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, arrived in South Africa on their fact-finding mission.†
Chpt 8.54
- At the meeting between myself and the Eminent Persons Group, we were joined by two significant observers: Kobie Coetsee and Lieutenant General W. H. Willemse, the commissioner of prisons.†
Chpt 8.54
- The Eminent Persons Group had come with many questions involving the issues of violence, negotiations, and international sanctions.†
Chpt 8.54
- In May, the Eminent Persons Group was scheduled to see me one last time.†
Chpt 8.54
- On the day the Eminent Persons Group was scheduled to meet with cabinet ministers, the South African Defense Force, under the orders of President Botha, launched air raids and commando attacks on ANC bases in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.†
Chpt 8.54
- This utterly poisoned the talks, and the Eminent Persons Group immediately left South Africa.†
Chpt 8.54
- After responding in much the same way as I did to the Eminent Persons Group, I sensed that Coetsee wanted some resolution.†
Chpt 8.54
- The suit from the visit of the Eminent Persons Group had long since vanished.†
Chpt 8.61
Definitions:
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(1)
(eminent) famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)