Word: nile
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Westerners ever fathomed the appeal of Umm Kulthum, the buxom, handkerchief-waving Egyptian singer who was known to her Middle Eastern fans as "the Nightingale of the Nile." She had a stentorian contralto and a quavering wail that grated on the ears of those attuned to the trills of opera divas. But her voice was a near-perfect instrument for expressing the sinuous quarter tones of Arabic music...
...University eight-oared shell did something over vacation it doesn't do very often: it lost a race. The Cairo Police Rowing club handed the Crimson its first defeat in a long time on December 26, in the second and final race of the International Rowing regatta on the Nile...
This was the fourth time in five years that the festival was held on the Nile, but the Egyptian crews had never won a race. The victory over Harvard was definitely a high point for the Police crew, which came into international attention when it competed at Henley...
...home. Cleary, after a pair of games in Watson Rink, took his team to Detroit and the Great Lakes Invitational tourney, then on to St. Louis for a couple of games. And Parker traveled with his crew to Egypt to the International Rowing Regatta on the Nile...
International Rowing Regatta on the Nile...