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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nasser is also cornered by circumstance. He is reluctant to get too closely tied to the Communists (and has several times in recent weeks cracked down on more conspicuous Communist propaganda efforts), but in his usual self-justifying fashion blames his predicament on the West. He was astonished at the hostile reaction observed when he "Egyptianized'' all foreign business. He thought he was just taking one more step toward purging Egypt of exploiting foreigners, apparently expected British and French investors would still invest in all-Egyptian enterprises-even though posters all over Egypt depict the British and French...
...bashing cronies of Milton Hall, hero of this brilliant first novel, might have summarized his brief and dreadful career as a British colonial officer in Malaya. The story is set in the fictional district of Telebu. State of Mandore. a few hours by car from Singapore. To the usual tropical discomforts is added the barbed wire which confines the town within its perpetual state of siege; to the usual jungle noises is added the rumble of British 25-pounders as dispirited troops try to nose out Communist terrorists in the hills of the "vast sighing terrible peninsula...
Sabre remains the big question mark. Marion will retain his usual lineup, with Mitch Thomas at No. 1. Doug Runnels and Dave Silbert will also start. Mike Woolf, from the "B" team, will be in reserve...
...House action was swift, shortcutting usual procedures. The vote was on whether to agree to the Senate version of this resolution, which warns the Communists against aggression in the Middle East...
...once Hollywood has produced a comedy that is urbane, intelligent, and even funny, unlike the usual innocuous howler aimed at "everyone from six to sixty." O Men, O Women is a charming spoof of psychoanalysis and the rather unpredictable behavior of people in and out of love...