Word: generale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first time in a decade, French Communist papers, instead of referring to De Gaulle brusquely by surname alone, prefaced it respectfully with the title "General." But this was not all. Abandoning a longtime boycott on social affairs attended by De Gaulle, eight Communist Deputies showed up at a glittering reception given in the general's honor by National Assembly President Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and maneuvered through the crowd until they managed to place themselves directly in De Gaulle's path. Just as they were about to meet face to face, suave Jacques Chaban-Delmas, responding to advance warnings...
...political climate between the two nations improved this year, and after months of polite suggestions from Cairo that talks resume, the Sudan's military strongman, Lieut. General Ibrahim Abboud, finally sent a new delegation north to discuss the matter. The Sudan had a reason of its own to settle with Egypt: it, too, was planning some big irrigation projects, could get World Bank loans only if the Nile dispute was ended...
...pact) of the increased water supply to be accumulated when Egypt's Aswan High Dam holds back the vast amount of wasted water that normally goes down into the Mediterranean every year. The successful talks were capped with a tidy $31 million bilateral trade agreement. General Abboud cried, "Thanks be to Allah!", and a grinning Nasser sent his mabruk-"Congratulations!"-to the negotiators...
...Israel's first general election since 1955, Ben-Gurion's Mapai (Labor) Party had not only defended its No. 1 position against 20 rival parties, but boosted its strength in the 120-member Knesset from 40 to at least 47 seats, a gain the campaign manager himself had ruled out beforehand as "impossible." "The fight of the 20 against one has ended with the complete failure of the 20," crowed Ben-Gurion. His nimbus of white hair awhirl, the old (73) warrior jubilantly raised a glass of vermouth, proclaimed his victory toast: "To life...
...shirtsleeves and scored a smashing comeback by appealing for votes with U.N.-style eloquence in Arabic, Spanish, French, Persian and Hebrew. Peres and Eban are now in line for top government posts, and Ben-Gurion makes no secret of the fact that he would like to see one-eyed General Moshe Dayan, the man with the eye patch, his successor...