Word: backwards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...politically smart but economically risky. He also declared that Naguib was a great man and Egypt's economy was basically healthy. His prescription for Egypt: work hard, increase production, avoid useless expenditures. It sounded simple, but U.S. economists and Point Four experts have also found that for the "backward nations" simple remedies are the best. At any rate, psychologically, Dr. Schacht's words had a strong tonic effect. After four days, during which he made more detailed recommendations, the busy doctor packed his briefcase, flew off, announcing he would be back in Egypt in a few weeks...
...idea for a replacement for his popular Thanks to the Yanks show: "I wanted a show that would give prominence to the sponsor's name, and one night it came to me. I thought of Camel and I spelled it backward: Lemac. That was the gimmick. 'Is there a Lemac in the house?' I shot out of bed. I knew...
...brighter era is opening for Newfoundland, the oldest English-speaking possession in North America.*After nearly four backward centuries as an isolated British colony, the rugged North Atlantic island -the tenth and youngest Canadian province-is becoming industrialized. Its 361,000 hardy inhabitants, who once looked to the sea for a scant livelihood as cod fishermen, are turning inland to their mineral-rich mountains, their forests and power-packed waterfalls. With these resources, Newfoundland has launched a development program to balance its lopsided maritime economy, and change the sparse existence of its people for a fuller life...
Spruce & Iron. In spite of its backward aspects, Newfoundland is potentially rich. The famed Grand Banks off its southeast coast, discovered for England by John Cabot in 1497, are still the world's greatest cod-fishing grounds. Newfoundland's forests abound with prime black spruce for papermaking; they hold the only big stand of disease-free birch left in Canada. Newfoundland's unharnessed streams can eventually yield an estimated 8,000,000 h.p. of electric energy, nearly one-third the total developed in the U.S. The rocky land is rich in iron; it has proved deposits...
...reason is the fact that all "backward peoples" have begun to realize that poverty and inequality need not be their lot. Another reason lies in the burning sands of the Negeb desert, where in 1948 the Egyptian army was routed by the Israelis. The Egyptian troops were badly equipped, badly trained and badly led; but the defeat was taken as proof that Egypt's corrupt ruling class had emasculated the country. Egyptian officers, recalls Mohammed Naguib, "were filled with shame . . . We were bitter that our country should be kicked into the dust of the road." In 1950, the Palestine...