Amy Gutmann

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Juho Kusti Paasikivi

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Traian Băsescu

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Woodrow Wilson

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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

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Fidel Castro

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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Elias Hrawi

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Zeng Qinghong

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Stephen Benton Elkins

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