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...when Radames made his second-act victory procession, he came on at the head of 200 soldiers and 100 Ethiopian slaves. In an ardent effort to recreate the splendor of Aïda's 1871 debut in Cairo (in celebration of the recent opening of the Suez Canal), Zeffirelli chose Second Empire France and Epic Hollywood as his cultural guides. "I have tried to give the public the best that Cecil B. De Mille could offer," he said, "but in good taste...
Died. Evgeny Dmitrievich Kiselev, 54, Russia's top man in the U.N. Secretariat as Under Secretary for Political and Security Council Affairs, a smooth, ever-smiling career diplomat who was Ambassador to Cairo (1955-59), where he wooed Nasser during the Suez crisis with promises of Russian arms; after a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Pearson's diplomatic derring-do won him the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for "his powerful initiative, strength and perseverance displayed in attempting to prevent or limit war operations and restore peace." It was a high point in his career, but Suez also cost him his immunity to criticism carried over from his years as a civil servant. The time for a national election drew nigh, and Tory Howard Green, who eventually followed Pearson as External Affairs Secretary, accused him of "knifing Canada's best friends in the back" over Suez. That was the first taste that Pearson...
...Arab brethren also share pride in Nasser's achievements at home in the years since Suez. Cairo, a city as populous as Chicago, has become a bustling, busy metropolis. New skyscrapers line the banks of the Nile, throwing glittering light on the river at night and by day reflecting in their glass walls the stately grace of the sails of feluccas headed upriver with cargoes of wheat and lime...
...resulting economic upsurge was hardly accomplished by Egypt alone. The intense development campaign swallowed up revenues from the Suez Canal, and from the biggest crop, cotton. In the process, the nation has spent its savings. Egypt's foreign-exchange reserves, which stood at a billion dollars after World War II, have dwindled to scarcely $10 million. The consequence is an increasing dependence on foreign aid. The Communist bloc has committed itself to $700 million in economic aid since 1955, and Russia is footing the bill for the famed High Dam at Aswan, which by 1972 will increase the arable...