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Word: choses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thinking Egyptians and Western diplomats agree that Egypt desperately needs a leader who can give it a thorough house cleaning. The only man who could fill the role, if he chose to, is King Farouk himself. Says one of Britain's old Egypt hands: "If Farouk were to emerge tomorrow as an active, constructive champion of genuine social democracy, the Egyptian people's discontent would vanish overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: The Locomotive | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Michael Mann, 34, youngest son of Author Thomas Mann (see BOOKS), chose the Santa Monica High School auditorium for his American debut as a concert violist when he returns from Austria this month. Scheduled to share the program with him: Pianist Yaltah Menuhin, sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Kith & Kin | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Before a mass meeting in Alexandria, El Nahas Pasha cried, "The colonizers [Great Britain] must know that Egypt's patience is exhausted, and that she will attain her rights, whatever the obstacles." He chose the week of the i sth anniversary of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 (which still has five years to run) to denounce it. It "must be canceled and will be, in a very short time," he said, and the crowd cheered wildly. Al Midoa, weekly newspaper of Nahas Pasha's Wafdist Party, roared: "We do not believe that the Egyptian nation is less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Another Twist of the Tail | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...memorable place name of World War II turned up in the news again. The town was Lidice, which Hitler chose at random to avenge the assassination by Czech patriots of Reinhard ("the Hangman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Avenging the Avengers | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

Topped. In Toronto, on the same Sunday the United Church offered a sermon entitled "Rainbow," the Baptist preacher two blocks away chose the topic: "The Double Rainbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 27, 1951 | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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