Word: shepheard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Shepheard's. But there are plenty of signs of war in Cairo. Long lines of dust-covered ambulances can be seen rolling silently into town, bearing wounded to the hospitals. In the opposite direction rumble convoys of men and materials to reinforce the Eighth Army. Men with bandaged limbs and heads sit on the porches of hotels awaiting their chance to go to the front again. Tanks can crush British bodies, but nothing seems able to crush their spirit. In one hospital there is a young Tommy who won great fame as one of England's best swimmers...
...activity is the deluxe Shepheard's Hotel, where males in civvies look as out of place as nuns in a nudist colony. During the day the broad mosaic-floored terrace is empty while the officers are at work. The brown wicker chairs begin to fill around 6:30 p.m., and by 7:30, the hour the bar opens, every seat is occupied. Most people drink rye highballs, Scotch & sodas, or gin & tonics. Nearly everyone wears a different kind of uniform. Sprinkled here & there among the crowd are American and British correspondents seeking crumbs of information, and satisfying their thirst...
...concierge at Shepheard's says that he has not been so busy since Teddy Roosevelt stayed there in 1911 and made a speech in the garden. A big part of his job is to handle cables for officers who give the hotel as their address. He fastens all such cables to a bulletin board next to the desk. Right now every square inch of the board is covered with unclaimed cables...