Word: tunision
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It was getting so that Red Boss Ulbricht could not trust anyone, not even the "deserving workers" and "reliable" intellectuals who are given special benefits, such as vacation trips abroad. When 354 of these well-treated East Germans arrived in Casablanca on the East German cruise ship Fritz Heckert, 23...
Tunis them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
Early Life. Educated at Tunis' famous Sadiki College, Slim was a fragile youth who loved fist fights (he usually won), detective stories (his hero: Nick Carter), and soccer. A brilliant student, he graduated at 16, went on to study law at the Sorbonne.
In his first year at Sadiki, he and his lifelong friend Mohammed ben Hamouda had joined an anti-French demonstration through the streets of Tunis. Recalls Hamouda, now a pharmacist in Tunis: "We were finally rounded up, given a good spanking, and sent home. But this made a profound impression...
In Paris, the two friends met a fellow student named Habib Bourguiba, and the three spent hours talking about independence. Says Hamouda: "Slim rarely went out, but hundreds of students dropped by to see him. He was a great help to the Algerians and was always preaching unity in the...