Word: egyptianized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hard on the grand titles of those who sponsored the Constantinople treaty for the Suez Canal. But the diplomats of 22 trading nations, gathered last week in London, were still engaged in the same pursuit: preserving a "definite system" of international control over the canal, in the face of Egyptian Dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser's seizure of the Suez for the "grandeur of Egypt...
This reasonable goal was something less than what was sought when the conference was first proposed three weeks ago. Then the angry British and French wanted a fast session to whip off an ultimatum backed by force to smash the pretensions of the Egyptian strongman. But by the time the 200 diplomats and aides gathered around the hollow rectangle in Lancaster House last week, even the British were beginning to say that their utter dependence on the canal for oil imports was not really so utter. They could survive, even if put to great inconvenience. "Many are thinking," said...
...strike was the daily passage of ships through the canal, which the government's control agency ordered to continue as usual. In Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, Western-owned pipelines stopped pumping oil for most of a day. In Libya, police used tear gas to break up a pro-Egyptian demonstration. Nasser's propaganda news agency proclaimed the organization at a secret session "somewhere in Jordan," of an Arab underground stretching from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf. "Particular stress was laid on the importance of destroying oilfields and pipelines and paralyzing work of all imperialist companies sucking...
...this time, and has played a less mischievous role in the Middle East since Eden warned B. & K. in London that Britain means business there. But there are always secondary gains to exploit. Russia is winning an inexpensive popularity in the Arab world by its pro-Egyptian propaganda blasts, and also sees in the London conference an opportunity to end the historic Russian fear of Turkish closure of the Dardanelles to Russian vessels. (The Montreux Convention of 1936, which guarantees passage of the Dardanelles to Russian ships, expires this year.) By emphasizing that Suez is only one of many "canals...
...farmer. Last week, at the Summer Gift Show in Chicago's Merchandise Mart, prices were up as much as 100% over five years ago, but the show had the most successful run in its history, with sales 50% ahead of last year. One puzzled firm reported selling 200 Egyptian camel saddles at $100 apiece last year, could not figure out what for. Said Ted Russell of the gift firm of N. S. Gustin: "I'm flabbergasted. The whole trend is amazing...