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...Strip. He later admitted that he had not expected Secretary-General U Thant to comply. To his surprise, Thant rushed the U.N. troops out, leaving an obvious danger zone unguarded. In the face of Egyptian mobilization, the Israelis launched a devastating pre-emptive attack on Egypt. Drubbed in the Six-Day War, Nasser resigned, knowing that the Arab masses would plead for him to return. He did, a scant 16 hours after his resignation, promising that the Arabs would strike back against Israel with "one hand." Gradually rebuilding his forces, Nasser launched a "war of attrition" against the Israelis...
...cabal that overthrew the monarchy. Mohieddin is an intellectual and Egypt Firster who favors a settlement with Israel and development of friendlier relations with the West; as a result, coffeehouse chatter brands him, unjustly but damningly, as "the C.I.A. candidate." When Nasser offered his calculated resignation following the Six-Day War, he named Mohieddin, then one of Egypt's three Vice Presidents, as his successor. Nasser quickly resumed his post and a year later, after a fallout over economic policy, Mohieddin went into premature retirement. He is considered a long shot, but he has the backing of a small...
...day after Nixon returned to Washington, intelligence sources passed along unconfirmed reports of movements in Jordan by both the Iraqis and the Syrians. Iraq has kept about 18,000 troops and 100 tanks in the country with Hussein's approval since the Six-Day War in 1967. The White House considered an Iraqi assault on Hussein's troops more likely, partly because Soviet officers serve with Syrian troops and presumably could keep those forces in check. A note from Moscow advised Washington that the Russians had no intention of intervening in Jordan and were trying to discourage others, including...
...worker at Toyota earns only about $100 a month for a six-day, 42-hour week. But the fact that wages at the company have risen at an annual average of 20% for the last four years at least gives him something to look forward to. Moreover, he gets more than a month off in paid vacation and holidays. In addition, the company inspires productivity through a generous system of bonuses geared to profits; this year profits were high enough to allow every Toyota employee to collect a handsome bonus of 6.1 months...
Incredible Prescience. Pompidou clearly emerges as the Good Guy to De Gaulle's Bad Guy. Through his quotes, De Gaulle appears to be acid-tongued, vengeful and often petty. Yet he also emerges as a man with an obviously brilliant political mind. Almost three weeks before the Six-Day War in 1967, he informed a Cabinet meeting that he was about to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, who was then in Paris. The general, with almost incredible prescience, told his ministers that he planned to tell Eban...