Word: dam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...defended Egypt's Premier Nasser as a sincere patriot despite his arms deal with the Reds. Last week Dulles termed Egypt's recognition of Red China "an action we regret." To emphasize U.S. displeasure, Dulles indicated that Egyptian acceptance of Russian aid to build the Aswan Dam would mean U.S. withdrawal from the $1.3 billion project. Next day Ike removed some of the sting, saying that a single unwelcome act by another nation does not "destroy friendship for that nation...
...notes have begun to creep in. Some friends of McKay have been looking at Hitchcock's record, and are saying that "the issue is whether we want to nomi nate another Wayne Morse." Says Hitchcock guardedly, in a state where Democrats have made the McKay-approved Hells Canyon dam project a symbol of "giveaway": "My activities as an Eisenhower Republican will not be tied to the policies of one controversial department...
...concentration on exporting its dollars, tools and advice to the postwar world, the U.S. has been slow and a little timid about exporting its culture. But now culture is catching up with the atomic cannon, the dam builders, the agricultural advisors and the diplomats...
Lobsters & Kebab. Last week Premier Menderes demonstrated that his heart is still with dams. For the dedication of the big Seyhan power-irrigation dam in southeast Turkey near fertile Adana, and a new bridge across the upper Euphrates, he organized a huge celebration attended by President Celal Bayar, most of Menderes' 469 Democratic Party Deputies, and 5,000 other notables. A carload of fresh lobsters was shipped in from the Bosporus, and 1,200 lambs were slaughtered for a huge kebab feast. Pointedly, the 66 Deputies of the opposition parties boycotted the ceremonies, and Menderes seized the occasion...
...Nasser himself, in the last analysis, does not want to be. These new doubts about Nasser, and his own attempt to improve the bargain, have held back the final signing of an agreement with him (by the U.S., Britain and the World Bank) to build the $1.3 billion Aswan Dam on the Nile-a project bigger than the Pyramids and infinitely more useful. Nasser last week casually let drop to the New York Times's Caruthers: "We have not yet rejected the Soviet offer-I do not mention [this] as a threat or as bluff...