Word: slowcoach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Naguib himself explained what lay behind the army's latest coup. "Speed," he said, "was one of the objectives of our movement." The army was exasperated by Aly Maher's slowcoach approach to the key issue of the whole cleanup movement: land reform. Instead of getting started on the breakup of large estates, Maher's Cabinet had hemmed & hawed, appointed one committee after another to "study" the question. Prices were still skyhigh, favoritism was still common in government promotion lists, and Wafdist politicians plotted to overthrow the new regime...
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