Word: sandstorms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that greatness came looking for Allenby. At first, he wanted to turn it down. Assigned to supreme command of the Middle East, he roared indignantly that he was being "degommered"-demoted. But when the Cabinet promised a free hand and heavy reinforcements, he hit Cairo like a sandstorm-a superbly organized sandstorm...
...route to Bengazi, an oil-company air bus comes down in a sandstorm with 14 men aboard. Two are dead on impact. More will die during the bitter struggle for survival that celebrates, once again, the indomitability of the human spirit. But Phoenix regards its heroes with refreshing cynicism. In his best role of recent years, James Stewart plays the stubborn, not-very-bright bush pilot, a "back number" who demonstrates leadership by guarding the water rations. "Little men with slide rules and computers are going to inherit the earth," he grumbles. His adversary is a German, Hardy Kruger...
...position on a map from time to time. Lancaster, a commanding presence as always, looks permanently flabbergasted over his first venture into an out-and-out farce, though his attitude seems appropriate to the movie's funniest scene-pondering strategy after a fierce battle waged in a blinding sandstorm, he finds that there hasn't been a single casualty on any side. Actress Remick's pioneer prudery is the standard brand, softened with lipstick, eye shadow and plunging necklines...
There is nothing quite so Arabian in Lawrence of Arabia as an actor named Omar Sharif, a flashing dark fellow with the white Formica smile of a desert chieftain, the scowling fury of a sandstorm, and the overall dash of half a dozen swordsmen trained by Abdul Abulbul Amir. Actors like that usually come from Pasadena, or some similar place, but this one is an exception. He is a citizen of the United Arab Republic, born in Alexandria, raised in Cairo...
...Huffing and puffing, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan William Macomber led an embassy basketball team up and down a sandstorm-whipped court in Jordan's capital of Amman. The opponents: a championship Jordanian team made up of Arab refugees from Palestine, the Zerka Zupermen. Macomber's Bombers frittered away an early lead, lost to the Zupermen 20-14. After the game, Ambassador Macomber, 41, in sneakers, shorts and a sweat-stained red jersey, received the victors at an embassy reception, where he served jelly buns, chocolate cake and soda...