Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actually functioned more as court jester, five-percenter, and fellow nightclubber. Investigations into the Palestine arms scandal -in which defective arms were purchased and supplied to Egyptian troops fighting the Israelis-had repeatedly turned up his name. About nine months ago, Farouk dismissed Tabet, who scurried off to Switzerland. He had returned recently to Egypt...
Lots Better. This year the U.S. State Department acted as sole booking agent, arranged a two-month tour that will take the girls from England to The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and France. A tourist agency took care of transportation, hotels and two meals a day for a total of $1,100 a head (somewhat cheaper than the girls could do it individually). The singers are on their own more than half the time, must get Directress Hiatt's permission only when they stay out later than midnight or go on "single" dates...
...Everything Was Divine." In Switzerland, Americans climbed the Jungfrau (by railroad), sailed on Lake Geneva, took pictures of each other quaffing beer from giant steins. In Italy, as one enthusiastic female put it, "everything was divine." Prices were low, the food & drink excellent, and waiters now know what "on the rocks" means. Tourists explored catacombs, craned their necks at the Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, where a sign cautions: "Visitors are forbidden to lie on the floor." In Venice, they fed the pigeons in St. Mark's Square, drifted down the Grand Canal in gondolas, and pointed...
When Talal got word last week of Abul Huda's regency, he wired back from Paris: "I am on my way to you and still consider myself on leave. Long live Jordan Kingdom." But instead of flying to Amman, Talal went off to Switzerland, looking for his wife. He could not find her: she had checked out of her hotel and gone into hiding with Crown Prince Hussein, under heavy police protection. The unhappy King told reporters he didn't know what to do next...
Modes & Masters. Everything changed after the war. Traveling in Switzerland, he persuaded a Lausanne gallery owner to show 40 of his paintings. Within a few weeks, all but three were sold, and the owner of the gallery bought the leftovers. A friend saw Bedikian's work, promptly bought his entire output for two years. With portrait commissions on the side, Bedikian has been able to consider himself a commercial success ever since. What he wants now is recognition...