Word: pasha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Illinois manufacturer. To support her in a style he considered adequate, Adler held down not only his two teaching jobs at Columbia, but taught psychology at C.C.N.Y., lectured at the People's Institute and gave a Great Books course in the basement of a church. His total income (pasha-like for that day): $11,000. Far too busy to work for his Ph.D., he hired students at $1 an hour to do research, and whipped out his thesis on musical appreciation in 24 hours. He got his Ph.D., all right, but never his A.B. That degree was withheld because...
...with Cairo literally aflame and his people running riot in the streets, Egypt's King appointed a new Premier to head his government. Last week, after the second shortest tenure (34 days) in the history of the office, the new Premier resigned. "Certain obstacles," departing Aly Maher Pasha explained to the King, "stood in the way of the completion of my mission...
Ahmed Naguib el Hilaly Pasha, 60, a mild-spoken man with a deceptive Milquetoast look, is an open enemy of Wafdist graft, an ex-member of the Wafd executive committee who was drummed out of the party only a few months ago for fighting the wholesale corruption from within. Scion of a wealthy family, Hilaly has made a fortune of his own practicing law. He has taught law at Fuad University and served in the cabinet at various times as Minister of Education and Minister of Commerce and Industry. A moderate, with a reputation for cutting candor and a nimble...
...Dismissal of Wafdist Premier Nahas Pasha...
...also made receptive gestures toward the British. Ambassador Sir Ralph Stevenson was received in audience by King Farouk for the first time since Egypt abrogated its treaty with Britain in October. Maher Pasha announced: "We are ready to consider any understanding Mr. Eden might propose...