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...Egypt proper, King Farouk began showing some of the good sense he has been credited with. Back from his spectacular honeymoon, he summoned his ministers to lunch, let them know he wasn't pleased with events. He told Premier Nahas Pasha that if Foreign Minister Salah el Din started making loud speeches at the Paris U.N. meeting, he would recall him. He sarcastically asked his Waidist cabinet members just how they reconciled their party's anti-Communist position with their Foreign Minister's "making Communist propaganda." Moreover, said Farouk, he didn't like this business...
While Brigadier Geoffrey Walsh, the 27th's commander, smilingly looked on, men tackled each other in schoolboy fashion. Some, already embarked, dashed down for a second round of goodbyes with wives & children. Above the din of shouts and whistles, a group of French Canadians rousingly sang their regimental song, bag pipes skirled Tipperary, and a brass band blared Mad'moiselle from Armenti...
...band played, cheerleaders cavorted, and nearly a thousand men, twelve women, and sundry gamins massed before the Blockhouse for a quiet pre-Princeton game rally last night. Amidst a din of cheers, catcalls, and exploding fire-crackers, the throng heard the Crimson's end coach Joe Maras predict that the Harvard team on the field today will be "one of the most spirited and determined ever." Line coach Ted Schmidt asked for "as much support at the game as you're showing tonight...
Suddenly, windows began opening in Strauss Hall and freshmen booed and cat-called. The din became increasingly greater, and Sullivan yelled louder and louder into the microphone. Finally the students managed to drown out Sullivan...
...din, the violence had subsided in Egypt's fight with Britain-and her allies-over control of the Suez Canal and the Sudan. Though they had stood by a fortnight ago while Egyptian mobs demonstrated and rioted in the streets, Egyptian leaders/last week issued a firm ban on mass demonstrations, and ordered police to enforce it. Thousands tested the ban in Alexandria and Cairo, coursing through the streets and breaking into shops. Police dispersed them with clubs, tear gas and gunfire. A mob descended on the Russian legation to cheer the Soviet.Union, but the cops also broke that...