Word: amer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nothing was done about improving the Egyptian army's fighting ability. For that, Sadat blamed Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, the commander who committed suicide after his troops were defeated again in 1967. Egypt's Revolutionary Council had tried to force Amer out in 1961, Sadat indicated, but Nasser allowed Amer to remain at the army's head because the two men were close friends. "I knew there had been mistakes-and grave ones at that," said Sadat of that era, "but I could not renounce Abdel Nasser...
...Gold seems like some sort of milk farm of the soul. The words pour out - regret for not being worthy of his past, pride at Israel's victory in the Six-Day War, and a feeling that even "the perfect story" and "the perfect girl" are not enough. Amer ica, in fact, is not enough...
Harvard Capt. Mike Koerner finished second in 24:19 and was followed by another Tufts runner, Ham Amer, who took third...
...given its readers a ste reotyped look at "knapsack nomads" [July 19]. Some of us choose one country in which to spend our vacation with the hope of learning some of the language and meeting some of the local people. We did not come to Europe to meet Amer icans or to commit cultural genocide, as so many American military personnel and tourists do. JOHN B. WILLIAMS III Copenhagen...
Died. Lieut. General Ali Ali Amer, 64, chief of the Egyptian armed forces during the disastrous 1956 Sinai defeat at the hands of Israel; of a heart attack; in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite that debacle, during which Israeli troops routed his forces on the desert peninsula in less than a week, Amer remained in favor with Egypt's President Nasser, was named chief of staff in 1959, and head of the Arab unified military command in 1964, a position he retained until his retirement in 1968, after...