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...triumphal arc of laurel branches spanned the main street of the west Algerian city of Tiaret. In the reviewing stand, dissident Vice Premier Ahmed ben Bella listened to the cheers of thousands of Moslem women chanting Yu! Yu! Yu!, then settled back to listen to a round of speeches from his top aides, attempting to justify his bid to overthrow the government of Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda. Just as one speaker assured the crowd that "Algeria is not the Congo," a messenger passed word to the assembled dignitaries that perhaps it really was. Some 320 miles to the east, at Constantine...
...welfare agencies, was feeding one out of five Algerians. What saved Algeria from complete disintegration was a modicum of political maturity and an instinct for survival that made the rival forces at least halfway willing to explore compromises. Emerging from these maneuvers was the near certainty that Ahmed ben Bella, 45, would win his battle "to take over the destiny of Algeria...
...Bella is a hero almost by accident. He has no clear ideology, but a talent for ringing phrases, no strong political organization, but considerable political flair. He often seems unsure of himself, but can also be arrogant and tough. Born of simple country parents in the west Algerian town of Marnia, he served as a master sergeant in the French army in World War II, became a terrorist for the Algerian nationalists, was one of the nine founders of the F.L.N. Captured by the French in 1956, he was imprisoned for the next 5½ years. That was a rare...
...Gates of Hell. Ben Bella began last week's days of crisis late Sunday evening with the announcement from his headquarters at Tlemcen, near the Moroccan border, that he had formed a seven-man politburo that would oust the "usurpers" of the provisional government (G.P.R.A.) from power and run the country until the formation of a constituent assembly. Premier Benkhedda was specifically excluded from the politburo, and only two members of his government (Ait Akhmed and Mohammed Boudiaf) were in; the rest were all Ben Bella men. Meanwhile, the military forces loyal to Ben Bella solidified control...
...progresses. Although the early part of the South Shore production lags, once the musical moves into the pseudo-Shakespearean scenes of "The Taming of the Shrew" set to music, all goes well. Much of Cole Porter's best music can be found in this show, and Sam and Bella Spewack, as everyone knows, succeeded admirably in adapting Shakespeare's play into the framework of the musical comedy stage...