Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bring about normal relations and set up security arrangements between the two countries. The U.S. agrees with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel that such a move could offend Muslim factions in the war-torn country and in the Arab states whose support Lebanon badly needs, notably Syria and Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, the U.S. has opposed Israel's request for at least three early-warning stations in southern Lebanon, to be manned by some 750 Israeli troops. Special Envoy Philip Habib is said to have told the Israelis that the proposed stations would make a "mockery" of the Lebanese demand...
...with more significance. The mighty organization that once seemed able to bend the world to its will was sinking deeper into its worst crisis. OPEC was badly split, if not permanently shattered. Concluded Harvard Economics Professor Otto Eckstein: "The cartel is on the verge of falling apart. If Saudi Arabia cannot impose some production and price discipline on the other members, then OPEC is finished...
Gandhi is enjoyable largely because of its ability to evoke what P. R. men call the sweep of history. The excitement of masses of people in a huge flux-the same kind of excitement one finds in Reds or which David Lean Created in. say. Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago is present in abundance and animates Gandhi. Long shots of a crowd standing with umbrellas in a heavy downpour chanting for Gandhi or of converging columns of people marching behind the Mahatma as he marches to the sea to defy the government drive in this impression convincingly...
...often independently. Although the Journal has bureaus in every major capital in Europe and the Mideast, there is always plenty of news and particularly human interest stories for such a roving reporter to cover. The Journal's flexibility led to House's award-winning five-part series, "Saudi Arabia in Transition". House spent five weeks travelling in Saudi Arabia examining the impact that new-found wealth has had on the country, and another two weeks in a hotel room writing the articles...
...this point in her career, House could easily "retire" to become editor of a foreign bureau, but she feels she prefers the freedom to travel and write to the responsibilities of managing a bureau. Her experience in Saudi Arabia, in Egypt and the USSR will be valuable to anyone else at the Journal writing a piece on international affairs. As a self-styled authority, House hopes to know enough about different parts of the world to raise questions not obvious from day-to-day reporting. "As a reporter, I'd like to be able to raise questions about the consequences...