UN's first proconsul, a Mexican, tried imposing his will but gave up after ten days.

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For 20 years until 2002, Mr Kanaan virtually ruled Lebanon in his capacity as Syria's proconsul in the neighbouring state.

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He has genuinely taken over many of the decision-making powers previously exercised by the Americans through their now-departed proconsul, Paul Bremer.

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He reminded me a bit of Messala, the fictional Roman proconsul who, spurned by his childhood friend Ben-Hur, plots eternal vengeance.

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The heroes of the blockade turned out to be Bevin, President Truman and Clay, the American proconsul who created the airlift which succeeded in supplying Berlin in the face of a belief within the Pentagon that Berlin could not be sustained by air.

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