Word: arabian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guests and functionaries of Spain's colonial governors. Now the great men of Philippine national independence stare down from the walls-Aguinaldo, Quezon, Roxas, Magsaysay. The hall most conveniently serves as a waiting area for the diverse individuals and groups who daily seek audience with the President. Saudi Arabian princes, American bankers, Jaycee delegations-all get their turn and are ushered one by one into the simple, wood-paneled presidential office. Most of the day's visitors have gone, and Marcos, only slightly wearied, is preoccupied by year-end economic projections. Says he, as aides hover around with...
Fears of a run on the pound have subsided. Though investors are generally not buying sterling, they are not selling it either. As Sheik Hisham Nazer, Saudi Arabian Minister for Economic Planning, said recently of his country's large sterling balances: "The British are not worried about them...
...major clients, the oil and petrochemical industries, sensed that they had enough facilities worldwide and virtually stopped building. Instead of paring his payroll as competitors were doing, Chairman J. Robert Fluor kept several hundred of his top engineers and designers. He also maintained a team to work for the Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco) and opened three new offices overseas. Each of these decisions he explained as an "investment in the future...
...canape circuit with such local eligibles as National Gallery Director J. Carter Brown and Assistant Interior Secretary Jack Horton, as well as visitors like Jordan's King Hussein, who so much enjoyed Page Lee's company at a dinner party that he sent her a pair of Arabian horses. Quinn, 34, snipes that the girl has "learned what sells, what grabs, what attracts." Page Lee's cool reply: "Washington is a big fast-moving city. There's no need for any jealousy...
...evidence last week when Bashir assisted his U.S. counterpart, Ron Nessen, at a White House press briefing. Nessen first tried to ban microphones and film crews from the session, but Bashir objected. And when Nessen got into a shouting match with a reporter over a question about Saudi Arabian antiSemitism, Bashir interrupted with a polite answer: "We don't indulge in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia or the United States." Said one White House press corps veteran: "He could teach Nessen a thing...