Word: feisal
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...very good grasp of the game," said O'Malley, with an effort, afterward. "He was quick to see the difference between cricket and baseball." Said the King, "At cricket they only clap. They do not cheer." As time passed, all sorts of bizarre things befell Feisal. He rode to City Hall in an open car while noontime crowds craned at him curiously. He took a regular $1.40 tour of Radio City. In the midst of it a news photographer, afraid of being barred by cops, handed the King his camera and said: "Here-you take the pictures." Feisal complied...
...liner Queen Mary brought Feisal into New York Harbor last week, however, his official hosts could hardly avoid a horrible second thought: What if he saw America and didn't like it? They could not forget that another Feisal (the son of Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud) had been picketed and spat upon in New York...
...learned at Britain's Harrow, that he didn't know anything about it) and whether he was going to get married (he had given the matter no thought). When he announced that he was a Dodgers fan, the newsmen cried incredulously: "Why?" "I understand," said Feisal politely, "that they are one of the more important teams." Through it all he veiled his reactions behind an inscrutable and dreamy smile...
...President Walter O'Malley heartily, "are the hated Giants." The King smiled. He was duly introduced to Jackie Robinson and Dodgers' Manager Charlie Dressen and shook hands heartily-although Robinson, for one, displayed a certain air of suspicion when he was summoned to meet "the King." Feisal betrayed only polite interest as Leo Durocher screamed at the umpire and rooters filled the air with horrid sound. When the Giants' Bobby Thomson hit a home run he smiled at O'Malley in congratulation, apparently feeling that this was good for the Dodgers...
...week's end the Government's official nudging, shielding and introducing force had yet to figure out just what Feisal was thinking about anything. He had four weeks more to go, and perhaps would react more strongly to Detroit production lines and western dams. But at the moment only one conclusion was possible: the King had a nice smile...