Word: alie
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When he thinks about it at all, which he tries hard not to do, Ali Basa can remember in detail exactly when his luck ran out. It was shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at a point in the Kuwaiti desert about 14 miles north of the Saudi border. On eight previous smuggling runs, the midday heat had protected Basa's overland enterprise. The Iraqis, everyone knew, were creatures of habit who invariably shunned the harsh...
...everyone in Taif is idle, of course. With critical chores to perform, the Finance Ministry, for one, churns almost around the clock. The Finance Minister, Sheik Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah, 45, known to all as Abu Khalifa -- and to a few close friends as Ali Cash -- is highly regarded among both Kuwaitis and foreigners. "He can sell you the shirt off your back while you're wearing it," says a friend, affectionately. "He is absolutely one of the smartest, shrewdest people I have ever...
...elite's most prominent members -- the echo startles. "Ours was a culture of dependency," says Tareq al-Suwaidan, a leader of the opposition Islamic Trend movement. "We were the pampered product of an affluent society taken to the nth degree," says Minister of Planning Sulaiman Mutawa. "Everywhere," remarks Ali Jaber al-Sabah, a KPC managing director, "there was the spirit of ba'dain, of 'tomorrow.' Any real change was put off. 'Why bother?' people would say. 'We're making money, the country as a company is making a good return. We'll decide the hard things tomorrow.' But of course...
...showing the world that America is a hypocrite," added Zaheer R. Ali '94. "The moral reasons Bush is giving are not legitimate...Again, America is in other people's business. Wherever they can stick their hands in, they go there and claim it's for some fundamental moral reason...
...Hoffman '91 Jodie A. Malmberg '94 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Jeffrey C. Wu '92 Editorial Editor: John A. Cloud '92 Feature Editor Eric S. Solowey '91 Sports Editors: Peter I. Rosenthal '93 Gary R. Shenk '92 Photo Editors: Yvette C. Alt '92 Gregory Engel '93 Hau Liu '94 Ali F. Zaidi '92 Business Editor: Sameer A. Chishty '93 Credit Box Editor: Gady A. Epstein '94 Copy Editor: Paul D. Tropp...