Word: arabia
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...country, there would be a chance that a strong, stable Lebanese government could be shaped from the various Christian and Muslim factions that shared power before the 1975-76 civil war. The battering of the P.L.O. military forces also raised faint hopes that such moderate states as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, freed from the threat of Palestinian reprisals, might join Egypt in the Camp David peace process. On the other hand, there was a grave danger that radicalized remnants of the P.L.O. might launch a new wave of international terror. If the situation in Lebanon flared out of control, moderate...
...Ambassador Said Rajaie-Khorasani last week charged that "the U.S. encouraged Israel's bloody adventure in order to save [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein, strengthen the hand of the reactionary regimes in the region, weaken progressive forces and indulge Israel's expansionist designs." He also charged Egypt and Saudi Arabia with being "pillars of U.S. expansionism...
...risks for U.S. policy were high. On the face of it, the attack on Lebanon dealt another blow to hopes for peace in the region. U.S. relations with the Arab world, particularly with such moderate states as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, could be severely damaged. Most unsettling of all, despite the cease-fire that took effect on Friday, was the possibility that an all-out clash between Israel and Syria could spark a broader regional war and might even prompt the Soviets to intervene on behalf of Syria...
...diligent as a Dorset peasant, Hardy stuck to his desk and produced 14 novels and three volumes of short stories in his first 28 years of full-time writing. After 65, he became the Grand Old Man of English letters. The Prince of Wales came to tea. Lawrence of Arabia gave Florence a ride in his sidecar. Hardy's steadily growing prestige and popularity would have seduced most pessimists to optimism. Not Hardy. He simply turned increasingly from tragic fiction to tragic poetry: "After love what comes?/ A few sad vacant hours,/ And then, the Curtain...
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a loose alliance that links Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, met in Riyadh last week to consider a common plan. At a similar meeting last month, several gulf states had wanted to censure Syria for its support of Iran. The Saudis had argued successfully that Syria should not be isolated, especially since it was the only Arab country in a position to exercise a moderating influence on Iran. Last week Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister, Nasser Qaddour, declared that his country, despite its close ties...