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Extra Kilometers. Meanwhile, Sadat appeared in Cairo in field marshal's uniform to hold a press conference for 350 Egyptian and foreign correspondents gathered to report the war. In a remarkably relaxed and genial mood,* he gave one reason why he accepted the ceasefire: "I would not fight the United States of America. I fought Israel for eleven days. They would have run out of ammunition in two [more] days. I am not ready to fight the U.S." Although he criticized Washington for giving aid to Israel, Sadat praised the U.S. for taking a "constructive position" on peace negotiations...
...winners of the senior class marshal election are: David St. Pierre of Eliot House and Salem, first marshal; Ric Rojas of Leverett House and Los Alamos, N.M., second marshal; Robert P. Kristoff of Kirkland House and Columbus, Ohio, third marshal; and John R. McCambridge of Eliot House and Oak Lawn, Ill., fourth marshal...
DURING THE LONG YEARS of the Indochina War, Thailand served as a giant aircraft carrier for the United States military, providing six bases where American bombers refueled before once again bombing Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Thailand was ruled by a rightist military dictatorship--headed by Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn--that used American aid to bulwark their own positions atop Thai society...
...measured in months or weeks," said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who made a sudden inspection of his forces on the western bank. But massive tank battles have traditionally dragged on for many days without resolution. The principal fighting at El Alamein lasted almost a fortnight before British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery finally broke through Rommel's line; by that time neither side had many serviceable tanks left...
Rommel's Route. By the war's second week, more than 500 reporters and TV technicians from 30 nations had assembled in Israel. Another 400 managed to get into Egypt. Most of them followed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's land route from Benghazi in Libya, arriving in Cairo bone-weary and -dry after an 800-mile drive by taxicab across the desert (fare: $400). Damascus and Amman played reluctant hosts to smaller press contingents...