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...would you compare your regime with that of your predecessor, Gamal Abdel Nasser...
...have always said that I am responsible in part for every decision made during Nasser's regime because I was his partner and he left me as Vice President. Believe me, if Nasser had lived to this moment, he would be doing what I am doing, maybe...
...state has been quite as strong in supporting Israel as has been the Manchester Union Leader. This support dates back to 1956 when "Dopey Dwight" Eisenhower was stupid enough to play the Russians' game and bring about the return of the combined Israeli-French-English Expeditionary Force against Nasser. Had things been different, we would not today have Russia's influence in the Middle East and probably not had the subsequent tragic wars...
...rippling effects elsewhere. Sadat's moves, for instance, are making it easier for Syrian President Hafez Assad to convince his Baathist regime to relax restrictions on the private investment that Damascus also needs. More significantly, Sadat is finally reclaiming the Arab leadership that Egyptians had traditionally enjoyed and Nasser once held. Nasser's charisma, however, worked mainly on the masses, many of whom still listen to broadcasts of his old speeches (some of them insist that he is well and living in the Soviet Union and that he will one day return). Sadat's approach is more...
...Sadats have three teenaged daughters and a ten-year-old son, Gamal, named for the late President Nasser. In normal times their family life is close but, in Egyptian style, private. Since the war, however, the children have been in Talla because both parents have been away from home much of the time. Says Mrs. Sadat...