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One midnight last week, squads of red-capped MPs and Egyptian security troops poured from their posts throughout the land, arrested 450 leaders of the nationalist-terrorist Moslem Brotherhood, sealed most of its 2,000 headquarters with red wax and confiscated its property worth $8,500,000. Egypt's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Down Goes the Brotherhood | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

Magloire is no Dessalines-style fanatic; he smokes long cigars, smiles readily and gets along well with folks of any color. On the same day that he unveiled a 16-ft. statue of the Tiger last week. President Magloire significantly saw to it that his wife placed a wreath on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Proud Anniversary | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

Prime Minister Daniel Malan, 79, announced last week that he is stepping down from his No. 1 party job: leader of the Nationalist Party in Cape Province. The news-a portent that the paunchy old Boer may soon retire as Prime Minister-brought to the surface a longtime struggle for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Hot Talk & Cool Choice | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

Allen's best performance is given on the show seen by the fewest people, his 40-minute, late-at-night program telecast locally in New York City. In four months he has built up the same sort of fanatic following that once belonged to Jerry Lester and Dagmar. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: No Laughter, Please | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

But he had made one mistake, and last week it hung around his neck like a noose. On becoming Premier, he cracked down hard on the fanatic Moslem Brotherhood, whom he blamed for the murders of his two predecessors in office. He flung hundreds into jail, where they were tortured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Tried for Treason | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

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