Word: dins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arabia's King Saud, fresh from his U.S. visit, pointedly lectured Syria's President Shukri el Kuwatly on the importance of fighting Communist infiltration. Emboldened by Saud's advice, portly, opportunistic Shukri el Kuwatly went back to Damascus, called in Chief of Staff Tewfiq Nizam el Din, and drew up orders transferring some 120 pro-Serraj army officers to out-of-the-way posts. For Serraj himself, Kuwatly and Nizam el Din chose an ironically suitable post: Syrian representative to the joint Arab military command in Cairo...
...supporters, Serraj last week massed armored units outside Damascus, threatened to seize the capital and arrest his opponents. At this news President Kuwatly was afflicted with a malaise so severe that he felt obliged to take to bed. This left matters in the hands of General Nizam el Din, who hastily deployed his artillery commander to cover the approaches to Damascus, and warned that he would meet any further tank movements with shellfire...
...captained by Louisiana's Senator Russell Long. They little expected the zip and zeal with which ebullient Russ Long enveloped them-particularly since he had invited them to bring their own liquor. But as they crowded around 96 tables under a ceiling billowing in balloons and confetti, the din raced into high decibels...
Speaking in cold, forensic tones, Lloyd raised his voice only slightly in an effort to make himself heard above the laughter and vaudeville din of the Labor Opposition, whose parliamentary behavior was about as zoolike as the House of Commons gets. Lloyd argued that the Anglo-French attack on Egypt was justified by the "failure of the U.N. to keep the peace" in the area. He claimed three important objectives achieved: 1) the Israeli-Egyptian war had been stopped. 2) an international police force had been put into position to prevent its resumption, 3) Russian designs had been exposed...
Completely lost in all the din was the fact that the same arguments could as logically be directed against any international art show, including Italy's own famed Venice Biennale. Italy's Education Minister Paolo Rossi, reluctantly announcing the government's decision, added another reminder. Said he: "When a ship leaves Naples with a precious cargo of masterpieces, you Senators must think of the thousands of American ships that crossed the ocean in the opposite direction, bringing us help of all kinds in the most trying period of our history...