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...merger of Egypt and Syria, he said, now becomes "the basis of Arab union." "Mabrouk Gamal-Congratulations, Gamal," shrieked the schoolkids. Rockets burst overhead, parachuting small Egyptian and Syrian flags down on their heads. Egypt's top singer, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, led them in chanting the newly composed anthem of the Arab union: "O Allah, We Won by Your Will...
...into the Herveys' cabin was a semblance of order restored. A young convict called a ship's meeting, delivered a ringing oration pledging that he and his comrades would mend their ways if their escape succeeded. He got his fellow convicts to sing Ecuador's national anthem, then led cheers for Ecuador, the U.S. and liberty...
...restless moments, the sweat-suited athletes stopped their interminable calisthenics on the Madison Square Garden infield. Officials, wilting behind their boiled shirts, quit clicking stop watches and came to a semblance of attention. The American flag was hoisted, a weary baritone worked his way through the national anthem and the 51st annual Millrose Games, already two-thirds over, roared a welcome to the evening's last hope for a hero. Dublin-bred Ron Delany was stripping to his skivvies for a shot at his third Wanamaker Mile, and there was a slim chance that the slim Villanova senior would...
...lifetime") made sickness and occasional discomfort seem unimportant. Again and again listeners were astonished that such expertly played music could come from a "provincial" U.S. city. At the Karachi concert, Pakistan President Iskander Mirza was so moved that he asked the orchestra to repeat the Pakistani national anthem. Said a State Department official: "They have done more to impress people with the U.S. than anything that has come out of the U.S. since...
...later, Marosan, who more and more does the tough talking for the castrated Premier Janos Kadar, went to Budapest Polytechnic University, where a student demonstration set off last year's revolt. "You may swathe yourselves in millions of meters of our national colors; you may sing the national anthem from morning to night," but it will do no good, he said. His alert cops arrested 1,200 Hungarians in July, Marosan went on. At this point some students got up and left the hall. "Our ranks are becoming thinner, my young student friends," said Marosan. "It is just...