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Shamir

[ shah-meer ]

noun

  1. Yitz·hak [yits-, hahk], 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.


Shamir

/ ʃæˈmɪə /

noun

  1. ShamirYitzhak19152012MIsraeliPolishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Yitzhak (ˈjɪtʒæk). 1915–2012, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister (1983–84; 1986–92): foreign minister (1980–83; 1984–86)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 2002, the invention also earned Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman the Turing Award, regarded by many as computing’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

The president came to believe Shamir misled him on the settlement issue, or flat-out lied to him.

Like Bush 41 and Shamir, Bill Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu were not exactly soul mates.

But it certainly contributed, and purposely so, to the defeat of the tough Likud hardliner Yitzhak Shamir in 1992.

Or is he merely another Shamir, a reluctant partner until the end?

Disturbingly, Assange seems to have a personal motivation for staying friendly with Shamir.

The Shamir stones are male and female; buried deep in the ground they are capable of multiplying.

He that weareth the Shamir findeth favour with kings and hath no dread of evil spirits.

With motherly tenderness she hurries to split the stone by applying the Shamir.

The Shamir, O, King, is the only might in creation to do the work in accordance with the divine behest.

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