Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thursday, December 28 YEAR OUT, YEAR IN (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). ABC correspondents led by Howard K. Smith review the events behind 1967's headlines-the Viet Nam war, the six-day Arab-Israeli war, civil rights riots, devaluation of the pound, turmoil in Red China-and try to predict what will make news...
Never in the 19-year history of Yale University's Chubb Fellowships-established to spark student interest in politics-had such intense preparation been made for a guest. Earlier "Chubbs" had included such controversial figures as Glubb Pasha (former commander of the Arab Legion), Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater and Henry R. Luce. This time students and faculty alike set New Haven palpitating with plans. Passes were issued to members of classes in which the honored visitor would lecture, so that outsiders would not usurp regulars' seats. Radical activists prepared an 18-point questionnaire calculated to embarrass him. Campus...
...serious falling out after Egypt's disastrous defeat by Israel in June, and in September, while under house arrest for allegedly plotting a military coup, Amer either committed suicide-the official version of his death -or was killed. After his death, intelligence agents of another Arab state obtained in Cairo a 14-page document said to be Amer's last testament. Though the Middle East makes a business of forgery, sources who knew Amer well and have read the document claim that on the basis of its style, opinions and signature, it is unmistakably Amer...
...Excellency, the President, surprised me when, before going to the Arab Summit Conference, he invited me to his house and informed me that security forces would arrest me. "Brother," he said, "reports that I receive say that a large number of officers were seen entering and leaving your house. This endangers the regime. I do not know how truthful the reports are, but we must put an end to the visits...
Bodies on Poles. Republican President Abdul Rahman Iryani's only answer was to go off to Cairo for what Nasser's official press agency described as "a medical checkup." Foreign Minister Hassan Macky also left Yemen, showing up nearly a week early for an Arab foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo called to decide on an Arab summit. That left the government in charge of Field Marshal Hassan al-Amri, the army commander. Al-Amri declared a 6 p.m. curfew, ordered civilians to form militia units "to defend the republic." In Liberation Square, a howling mob watched...