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Jamil M. Baroody, the brooding, hot-tempered Lebanese who was Saudi Arabia's unofficial observer at the conference, did not deny that slavery existed in Arabia. "Slaves," he snorted. "What are slaves? It is better to call them servants or stewards. They have a good life. They call their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNITED NATIONS: Of Human Bondage | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival, Britain's terrible-tempered Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham paused between downbeats to take a swipe at his Scottish host. The Edinburgh Festival and others like it are "bunk." said Sir Thomas. "They are for the purpose of attracting trade for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 3, 1956 | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

Telling Nasser. As the side-room politicking began, Nasser's chief political aide, Wing Commander Ali Sabri, flew in from Cairo. He announced that shipowning nations still had rights in Suez−"the same rights as a customer in a shop." Then he went into a long session with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUEZ: The Principles of 1888 | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

In the face of this growing problem, both the British and the U.S. have begun to apply pressures of their own. The British, who still control more than 80% of all foreign capital in India, have warned Nehru's government that the Soviets may use economic penetration as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reds in India | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

Died. Archie Galbraith Cameron, 61, terrible-tempered Speaker (since 1950) of Australia's House of Representatives (in 1940, as Minister for both Commerce and the Navy, he refused to retract an insult made on the floor of the House, became the only Minister in the Commonwealth to be voted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 20, 1956 | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

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