Word: bebawi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mixed fabrics and females while living and loving in Rome. He was found dead in his office off Via Veneto one morning last year, his body riddled with bullets, his face scarred with acid. The cops nabbed Farouk's combustible mistress, a honey-blonde Egyptian named Claire Bebawi, and her rich cotton dealer husband Youssef. Each said the other did it: he in a fit of jealousy, said she; she to end the affair, said he. Both were indicted for murder and went on trial together as codefendants...
...criminal trials with the two judges. Requirements include "good moral standing," a secondary school education and ages between 30 and 65. Eligible citizens are listed (32,000 in Rome), screened by mayors, magistrates and judges, finally picked by lot. Unfortunately, the screening fails to match the requirements. As the Bebawi trial neared its end, one woman juror turned out to be over 65, another had less than secondary schooling, and a third (a highly educated countess) had gone to a private school not recognized by the state...
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