Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bombing of a Soviet bookstore in Manhattan. Soon after, Fitzpatrick turned government informer. According to court documents he was paid about $10,000 by the FBI to inform on two members of a j.d.l. splinter group who were eventually convicted of the 1978 attempt to bomb an Egyptian tourist office in New York City...
...somber judgment scene from Aida unfolds. Portraying the Egyptian princess Amneris is a singer identified in the program as "Carmelita Della Vaca- Browne," a burly Puerto Rican ex-soprano whose voice (since she gave birth to triplets) has darkened to a take-no-prisoners mezzo. In the role of the doomed warrior Radames, all-American tenor "Tex Stolto" can't seem to resist handing out 8-by-10 glossies of himself. And as Ramfis, the high priest, Russian bass "Boris Pistoff" doffs his headdress to reveal himself as a Conehead...
...other targets allegedly on the group's list included the United Nations, the FBI's New York headquarters and tunnel crossings into New Jersey. Federal prosecutors allege that the 12 men were waging a "war of urban terrorism" to punish the U.S. for supporting Israeli and Egyptian governments. The defense is likely to argue that the Muslims are the victims of entrapment and an overzealous informant. Opening statements may start by the end of the month...
Croco'nile, written and illustrated by Roy Gerrard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $15), features a huge, toothy creature that serves as a pet to a couple of Egyptian kids: "In ancient Egypt, long ago,/ Beside the River Nile,/ A brother and a sister/ Found a baby crocodile." The kids stow away on a boat: "The naughty twosome stayed concealed/ Until the break of day./ By then their little village/ Was a hundred miles away...
Boutros-Ghali, who is Egyptian, began serving his five-year term as Secretary-General...