Word: mustaphas
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...functionary has been known to snatch up a tablecloth, wrap it around his waist and do a belly dance. In Paris the tune tumbles endlessly from Left Bank students' rooms; chefs abandon soufflés to hear it. From Stockholm to Sorrento, Bandleader Bob Azzam's Mustapha has spread like a rampaging fungus, is the biggest European juke and nightclub tune since Volare...
...Mustapha, ya Mustapha...
...baheback, ya Mustapha...
...became a national hero after the French made the mistake of exiling him in 1953. and the ultra-nationalist Istiqlal Party, which led the agitation for independence. Recognizing Istiqlal strength, Mohammed filled his Cabinet with Istiqlal men but chose as first Premier pro-Western Si M'Barek ben Mustapha el Bekkai, a man without a party. Fortnight ago, at 4:30 one morning, the King had to summon Si Bekkai to his palace and proclaim his government dissolved...
...players did not seem especially heroic. Mustapha Zitouni, who had been scheduled to play for France in an international match against Switzerland, said glumly in Tunis: "I have many friends in France, but the problem is bigger than us. What do you do if your country is at war and you get called...