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...outskirts of Suez, swarms of soldiers and civilians in militia uniforms were waiting to meet us. They happily cut loose with machine-gun and rifle fire into the air. Groups of ten or 20 in tur bans and long gallabiyas stood on wrecked enemy tanks that marked the farthest Israeli penetration into Suez. They waved Egyptian flags, along with olive and palm branches, and chanted: "Welcome to Suez. Salute the heroes who destroyed 32 Israeli tanks." An old man, a cage of pigeons at his feet and a cup of tea in his hand, flashed a toothless grin and chanted...
...which have dragged on through 275 sessions, have provided some classic examples of the use of punctilio to shatter a rival's composure. At one of the first meetings, North Korea's General Nam II provided himself with a particularly high chair and seated U.S. Admiral C. Tur ner Joy on a low one. Joy saw to it that the chairs were of equal height from then on. When the allies set out a small United Nations table flag, the North Koreans followed suit-only theirs was six inches taller. In this case, however, Joy "hastened to veto...
...present draft, which would limit his once broad powers, is not known. His strongest leverage on the junta has been that foreign governments have continued to recognize him, not the junta-appointed regent, as Greece's legitimate head of state. But at week's end Tur key-Greece's traditional enemy-became the first important nation to extend official recognition to the junta. Some other countries are now likely to follow the Turkish example...
Finding Trouble. Though it sometimes leaps to premature conclusions, Aviation Week has always shown a knack for getting the news even when attempts are made to conceal it. The magazine was the first to reveal that U.S. radar had been installed in Tur key to eavesdrop on Soviet ICBM tests. The troubles of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter were first noted in its pages. The first suggestion that the Russians were installing ballistic missiles in Cuba was published by the magazine. Three months ago, it broke the news that the Soviets were shipping surface-to-surface missiles to North Viet...
...broad variety of products. Last week's was not only the biggest of that lot, but the most important case of its kind since 29 electrical equipment companies were brought to court on similar charges three years ago. But where the electrical case concerned multimillion-dollar tur bine generators that seemed remote from the everyday consumer, the new indictment covered the commonest grade of steel-the carbon sheets that go into almost every car, refrigerator and washing machine made...