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...already suffered grievously in mind, body and money; she should get some consideration from the court. The judge agreed. He fined the Begum 6,000 rupees ($1,830), and sentenced her to imprisonment "until the court rises." With that, the court rose, and the Begum was free. Muttering "Allah Akbar!" (God is great), she stepped into her blue Mercury and was whisked off. Behind her, Pakistanis jeered and cursed...
...sinks a long putt, she is apt to fall to her knees and praise Allah; when she misses a short one, she may exclaim, "I feel like nuts & bolts rattling together." On a hot day, she once gathered a circle of women around her on the golf course while she shed her petticoat; another time she startled the gallery with a highland fling. She once insisted on being paid her tournament money in one-dollar bills ("It makes me feel richer"). She operates like a woman whose life is a constant campaign to astound people...
...thousand years ago, some earlier Moslem version of a Naguib and a Shishekly might have responded by rattling their damascene blades, leaping to Arab steeds and smiting the infidel to the cry of Allah il Allah! But now they rattled only their tongues. At a state dinner in his honor, eminent visitor Shishekly said: "We are prepared to strike back if necessary." Naguib echoed: "Ten blows for each "one in attack against...
...left foot had been blown off by a mine. Around his head lay grimy salvage from his pockets: a wallet, a watch, a rosary, bits of candy. Into the bottom shelf went a Moslem with a shattered leg, his bared, shaven head showing the tuft of hair by which Allah would raise him to heaven after death. The guy ropes of the medical tent sagged under a load of bloodstained surgical linen. As a handful of visitors, including TIME'S John Dowling, approached the tent, a weary French surgeon stepped out and said, with exquisite sangfroid: "I am enchanted...
...whistle-stop tour through small towns where Nahas' hold had always been greatest. The reception for Naguib exceeded anything reporters in Egypt had ever seen. Fellaheen along the Nile streamed out of the fields, shouting that Naguib is the "Savior of Egypt, Savior of the Farmers, Gift of Allah." Hundreds of villagers crowded in front of Naguib's Chevrolet convertible and tried to climb in to hug him. The police had to use rifle butts to keep him from being loved to death. After 50 miles of this, the car was battered and scratched, one door almost ripped...