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Moon Orbit. Hence the enormous prestige Nasser won in 1956, when he survived the massed assault of Britain, France and Israel in the Suez War. Arabs ignored the fact that the Egyptians were beaten in the field and that only intervention by the U.S. and the Soviet Union saved Nasser from collapse. What mattered was that Nasser had engaged the imperialists and Israel in battle, and managed to survive. When Egypt later proved that it had the technical skill to operate the Suez Canal efficiently on its own. Arab nationalists were as proud as if Nasser had personally orbited...
...Diefenbaker played Truman, Liberal Party Leader Lester Pearson sounded discouragingly like Adlai Stevenson in his off moments. A onetime university professor, Canadian External Affairs Secretary, and 1957 Nobel Peace prizewinner for his work on the Korea and Suez crises at the U.N., Pearson is respected at home and abroad. But he is hardly the knock-'em-dead campaign politician. He seemed out of place before large rallies, despite a talent for the bright line and the quick quip. When Diefenbaker grandly announced that he would not debate against his competitors on TV because "I have no competitors," Pearson found...
...blunt in personal conversation as he is careful when it comes to delivering voluminous written reports for a potentate or an oil magnate. His ability to steer a middle course through the troubled waters of oil disputes has landed him as consultant in such hot spots as Suez and Iran. In 1959, he met privately with India's Prime Minister Nehru, tried to prevent him from being too ambitious in exploring for petroleum with Indian money. Said Levy: "For every oil well you drill. 1,000 Indians will have to go without an education. Your resources are inadequate...
...favorite wives and a monthly pension of $1,500, Krim languished for 21 years. In 1947 France relented and let Krim board a ship for the Riviera, where he would be under house arrest. The 65-year-old rebel jumped ship as it was passing through the Suez Canal, and was granted political asylum in Egypt...
Former stockholders of the old Suez Canal Co. were firmly convinced in 1956 that they would never get a cent out of their nationalized investment. But with 1962 revenue at a whopping $149.5 million (45% above 1955), Nasser's canal officials have announced payment of the final $11.4 million installment on the $81.2 million compensation debt...