Word: arabian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tough Saudi Arabian tactics hold down the price of crude
...years. Instead of long and bitter talks that ended in a deadlock over the price they should charge for oil, the OPEC ministers needed just nine hours and ten minutes to agree on a new base price of $34 per bbl., $2 more than the current rate for Saudi Arabian light crude but $2 less than the bench-mark level they have been using as a pricing guide since last December. Moreover, the oil producers said that the price would remain at that rate through...
...Watergate, a man who belongs in San Quentin as much as he belongs in San Clemente, having the gall to speak out against the bad influence of the Jewish lobby. As Moynihan put it in his speech, the Senate, by approving the sale, placed the interests of the Saudi Arabian monarchy before its own interests and abrogated its previous stance reached during the F-15 debate. Should this inspire "confidence" in American foreign policy among the other nations of the world? Although changing circumstances can give rise to changing commitments, Moynihan noted, "there is a solemn obligation to consult...
...other than the U.S. without the prior explicit mutual consent of both governments," stated the letter, which was designed to reassure wavering senators. There is no way for Reagan to insure that the Saudis will remain cooperative. The F-15 sale three years ago was meant to guarantee Saudi Arabian gratitude. Apparently, it was not enough. Nor apparently, does the AWACs deal suffice. Four days after the military scuffle last month in Libya, the Gulf Co-operation Council, of which Saudi Arabia is a member, described American behavior as "active medieval piracy." The Saudi government did not disassociate itself from...
...born. From there, he traveled to Malaysia and Indonesia, both former European colonies, both nominally Islamic and both feeling the impact of new wealth and restlessness. His quarry: people who would talk to him about their dream of remaking the world in the image of a 7th century Arabian state...