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Known variously as "the Lion," "the Great Crocodile," "the Bull," "Son of the She Elephant," "the Great Mountain" and "the Inexplicable," King Sobhuza II, 82, became the leader of Swaziland the year Warren G. Harding moved into the White House. Last week, on the 60th anniversary of the old Lion's rule-the longest of any living monarch-he was feted by countrymen and visiting dignitaries. Heralded as much for his libido as his longevity, Sobhuza is said to have more than 100 wives and is well on his way to earning another moniker: "Father of His Country...
When delegates to the 60th ministerial session of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries gathered in Geneva's Intercontinental Hotel last week for the group's spring conference on pricing and production strategies, the rifts dividing the world's oil producers were deeper than ever. Global demand for OPEC'S sky-high-priced product is now weakening in markets everywhere, and stockpiles are steadily swelling. The result is that oil prices in some places are actually declining. But despite the softening oil market, the 13 oil ministers last week were unable to agree upon...
...motive, analysts believe, may have been a simple grudge against his lifelong friend, Prem. Last October Prem forced through a change in the country's mandatory retirement law that permitted him to remain in the army, and thus in the commander in chief's position, past his 60th birthday. As a result, San's access to the top military job - and with it perhaps an eventual premiership - seemed blocked...
...Louis provided the Crimson with all the scoring it needed, notching the first two goals of the game, the second one the 60th of her Harvard career, and the Crimson defense played its usual tough game to nail down its fourth shutout in six games...
...were, of course, irrepressibly, ubiquitously, impossibly Isaac Stern-a natural force not to be explained. As he approaches his 60th birthday on July 21, he still has not slowed down enough to be closely observed. "We do not know how many hours Isaac lives in a day," says Conductor Zubin Mehta. "We only know that it must be more than...