Word: delighted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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AMERICA WILL CHANGE HER POLICY, said an eight-column head in Cairo's official newspaper Al Gumhuria. Other Egyptian papers burbled in delight over "indications" of a Washington turnabout. The U.S., it was reported, had resumed its Egyptian aid program, was again buying Egyptian cotton, had released $3,000,000 of Egypt's frozen funds, had agreed to a special shipment of Salk polio vaccine-was, in short, about to go all out for Nasser. "It's a great victory for Gamal," said a Cairo news vendor...
...Crimson had only one real penalty--when Dan Ullyot slammed down a potential scorer--but its checking was a spectators delight. From big John Copeland down to scrappy wing Bruce Gillie the sextet made B. C.'s once-champion checkers appear almost helpless...
...luncheon for Mohammed V at Anderson House. Then he rushed to the Capitol, tried to get in a few minutes of undisturbed work in his unnumbered Capitol office. He realized that he had better get shaved for another dinner with Mohammed V (Nixon's heavy blue beard, the delight of cartoonists, was showing five o'clock shadow). He made one of his rare visits to the Senate gymnasium, shaved, showered and stepped on the scales. His weight: 166, down 20 Ibs. in two years by grace of careful calorie counting...
Some 100,000 partygoers jammed into New Delhi's National Stadium to wish a happy 68th birthday to India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Thousands of schoolchildren sang and danced, released a squadron of white peace doves, and squealed their delight to smiling Chacha (Uncle) while he tossed them scores of marigold garlands...
...Marion, paintings by Picasso, Signac, Pissarro, Lautrec were knocked down at the top prices Parke-Bernet had noted in their confidential books. But when a handsome view of the Tuileries by Edouard Vuillard, appraised at $25,000, was placed on the stand, there was a long-drawn sigh of delight, followed by a bedlam of bids as 18 green-uniformed bid callers and four assistant auctioneers tried to keep up with the rush that shot the price in 2 min. 15 sec. from a $15,000 opener to a Vuillard world record of $70,000. To the consternation...