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...Morrow, who already has to his credit three Man of the Year covers (The Middle Americas, 1969; Kissinger and Nixon, 1972; American Women, 1975). Much of the reporting was done by Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn, who has known Sadat since 1953. In his 1959 biography of Gamal Abel Nasser, Wynn picked Sadat as "one of the most remarkable members" of Egypt's then emerging leadership. For this week's story, Wynn talked with Sadat, his wife Jihan, and many Egyptians who know Sadat well, including two prominent journalists who were in prison with Sadat during World...
...among other blows, the closing of the Suez Canal cost Egypt an estimated $2 billion in vital revenue. Capital investment was diverted to acquire military hardware; arms spending currently absorbs 28% of the Egyptian national budget. After becoming President in 1970, Anwar Sadat began to dismantle Gamal Abdel Nasser's cumbersome socialist state and once again invited foreign investment. But the response has not even been as loud as a whisper. Last year, in order to pay off short-term debts, more capital flowed out of the country than into it. The balance of trade deficit is now equal...
Today, Sadat governs Egypt rather like the paternalistic elder of a maxi-village, which just happens to have 39 million people in it. Once regarded as an impetuous, dandified mediocrity, he has become more cautious since he succeeded Gamal Abdel Nasser as President in 1970. He usually makes decisions slowly but, as last week's events proved, he can make them very fast as well...
...weather and any terrain. Every recruit receives two months of basic military training and a heavy dose of Marxist political indoctrination; recent emphasis has been on the writings of Mao Tse-tung and on vague plans for a socialist state after independence. "Socialism will be dominant," Chairman Nasser told TIME'S Brelis, "but we will have to define it as we go along...
Married. Princess Alia of Jordan. 21, for whom the Jordanian national airline was named by her father, King Hussein; and Nasser Wasfi Mirza, 32, a member of the royal Cabinet; both for the first time; near Amman...