Word: rahim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cairo, the Egyptian government ordered the expulsion of the Associated Press Bureau Chief Fred Zusy for pro-British bias, "bad faith" and "harming the interests of Egypt" in his reporting. Milwaukee-born Zusy, 37, denied the charges. The news sent Egypt's ambassador in Washington, Kamil Abdul Rahim, into a flap. When he warned Cairo of the bad effect Zusy's expulsion would have on U.S. public opinion, Cairo reversed its decision...
...Hassan Abd el Rahim, 42, burly, fat-padded Egyptian army lieutenant, who refreshed himself mid-Channel with five cups of tea and coffee, two cheese sandwiches, a pear and a pound of honey. No. 2 in the race almost to the end, he sprinted the last few hundred yards, clambered ashore the winner in the record-breaking time of 10 hours 53 minutes.† "Allah, Allah, a record!" he shouted...
...Roger Le Morvan, 26-year-old Parisian electrician, who had had former Record Holder Georges Michel as his trainer, had refreshed himself en route with glucose and champagne. Tiring in the last minutes, he could not match Abd el Rahim's sprint, climbed onto the beach just ten minutes after the Egyptian...
...Mara'i Hassan Hamad, 41, an Egyptian army warrant officer, who, like Winner Abd el Rahim, had faithfully observed five prayer periods a day, trained on a diet of sesame oil, sweets and nuts...