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Recalling the earlier Egyptian-Syrian merger of 1958 (Nasser's overbearing grab of Syria's military, economic and political plums drove the country to secede in 1961), Premier Bitar cried: The time of the strongman is past! We are opposed to the cult of personality, and this is one of the great differences between ourselves and Nasser. We've suffered much in the past through 'strongmanism,' and we're determined to banish it forever...
...after Mexico's leftist President Lazaro Cardenas stunned the world in 1938 by expropriating $400 million worth of U.S.-and European-owned oilfields, no one wanted to put a plugged peso into Pemex. Organized to run the nationalized industry, Pemex almost ruined it; the company was a political grab bag for the hacks of Mexico's ruling Revolutionary Party. Between 1952 and 1957, according to one unofficial study, graft and mismanagement cost Pemex $113.6 million. Even so, the insatiable demands of Mexico's fast-rising economy slowly increased crude-oil production to 100.6 million barrels...
...hunting ground of fish with eyes that point permanently upward. What they normally see is the last faint trace of sunlight, which looks like a dim blue ceiling. When they see a dark and edible-looking object silhouetted vaguely against the ceiling above, they dart up and grab...
...from De Mille, who had made his own King of Kings in 1927. To play Christ, he borrowed Actor Jeffrey Hunter (The Great Locomotive Chase) from the ranks of the unemployed. The picture won mixed notices but was a box-office success. It set Bronston up for the big grab. When he began picture No. 3, he had $10 million in capital support...
...land comes the sound of Silent Night-"Stille nacht, heilige nacht. . ." The Germans toss over a boot containing a sprig of evergreen tied with red ribbon, a package of cigarettes, a piece of sausage. The Tommies toss back a Christmas pudding. Then, as the Tommies grab for their rifles, German soldiers appear at the back of the stage. They have a bottle of schnapps. The rifles go down. Everybody drinks. Up in the light bulbs it says: ONE HALF OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WIPED...