Word: flu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Very Charming. At the airport, an Egyptian official greeted Jennie Lee with a bouquet of pink roses. Later, for 40 minutes, the couple chatted at the bedside of President Naguib who, in pajamas and dressing gown, was recovering from flu. "A great man," said Bevan later. "Very charming," added Jennie, "very charming." For another hour they had an audience with Lieut. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, Vice Premier and strongman of the military regime, who recited Egypt's argument on the Suez issue. "I merely listened," reported Bevan...
...Nothing Is Impossible." Dressed in his usual informal outfit-a native sport shirt and pants-sweating freely from the sun and a nagging attack of flu, Magsaysay stood cheerfully waving to friends and saluting the colors as a 40-minute long parade of helmeted Korean veterans, smartly stepping bands and lumbering Sherman tanks filed by. When the last vehicle had passed, Magsaysay waved the cops aside and the delirious crowd surged forward to engulf the presidential reviewing stand. The photographers' platform swayed like a ship at sea and two cameramen fell off, a microphone stand was trampled into...
...beautifully." By deciding to land at the nearest field, Pilot Glass had probably saved Frank Nixon's life, they said. Much relieved, the Vice President departed alone the day after Christmas for a brief Florida vacation, leaving Pat to look after the girls, who were recovering from the flu...
...Skyrocket's fuel (three tons) burned out at the end of the spurt. Scotty spiraled to the dry lake and made a perfect landing at 150 m.p.h. Asked how it felt to be flying twice as fast as sound, he said: "I had the flu and an awful headache, and about all I really wanted to do was to get this over and get down...
...Flu or no flu. he is the same passionate, reflective, tempery, sweetly mannered man as ever. And he is fresh from a busy and sociable vacation...