Word: egyptianized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have found much to resent, but still they would not cheer. Lebanon's usually pro-Western Al-Jarida complained that Ike had not addressed himself to "the basic problem of the Arab world"-Israel. The most hopeful thing a New York Times correspondent could find to say about Egyptian press comment was that it was "only slightly abusive...
Imperturbable, five-star Ambassador Murphy, continuing his shuttling, soothing course around the Middle East, arrived in Cairo to find not a single representative of the Egyptian government at the airport to meet him. Nasser pointedly snubbed him for 24 hours, telling a visiting Japanese politician: "Frankly speaking, I wonder whether I should see Murphy at all, because I feel Murphy cannot understand the Arab mentality...
Having got as much mileage as possible from the snub, Nasser then met Murphy with the greatest cordiality. Murphy later told Egyptian newsmen: "We had a very thorough, very friendly and very satisfactory conversation ranging over a large number of subjects," and added of Nasser: "I have a very high estimate of his ability and knowledge." Asked an Egyptian reporter: "Are you going to change your policy as a result of talking to Nasser?" Murphy snapped: "Are you going to change yours...
...Smith reported in 1823. Moroni, he said, told him about the tablets and informed him that he had been appointed by God to lead the world back to the true church. Joseph translated the tablets (said to be about eight inches square and covered with fine writing in "reformed Egyptian") with the aid of a pair of spiritual spectacles buried with them; the spectacles consisted of two stones called Urim and Thummin set in silver bows. No one but Joseph ever actually saw the golden tablets-he explained that it was instant death for anyone else to see them...
...latest count, Egypt had some 400 teacher-agitators in Kuwait, 1,000 in Saudi Arabia, 400 in Libya and 100 in Syria. Iraq's Premier Nuri asSaid, killed in the July 14 revolt, had thrown Egyptian teachers out of his country, but last week, after the revolution, Cairo announced that a new detachment of 300 would be sent to help out the now friendly Iraq government. For Egypt, which has more teachers than it can use (the University of Cairo turns out huge classes of B.A.s each year, and there are too few schools to provide posts...