Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bell, now Rome bureau chief, was the first TIME correspondent to meet Nasser. Scarcely two months after the 1952 coup that ousted King Farouk, Bell was introduced to a relatively unknown member of the new ruling junta named Gamal Abdel Nasser. The young lieut. colonel, Bell learned, was to clear the questions he proposed to ask the junta's strongman, General Mohammed Naguib. Soon Bell began to suspect that El Bekbashi (the Lieut. Colonel) was clearing the answers as well. As a result of Bell's investigations, TIME, on May 4, 1953, became the first major publication...
Another newsman who had close personal ties with Nasser was Wilton Wynn. Now a TIME correspondent in Rome, Wynn went to Cairo in 1945 to teach at the American University, married a Cairo-born Lebanese and became a foreign correspondent...
...Nasser informally in 1955 and soon learned that the colonel took a lively interest in the workings of the foreign press. Wynn grew used to Nasser's critiques of the coverage he received, but was puzzled when he began to criticize stories not yet published. Wynn asked Nasser how it was done...
...last thing I do at night," Nasser replied, "is read copies of your press cables...
Mediterranean Correspondent Lee Griggs was the last TIME reporter to interview Nasser-on May 2, 1969-and like the others, he was impressed. "Nasser," said Griggs, "absolutely charms the socks off you." Modesty, maintained Griggs, was his method...