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...mutinous mice, won by the nephew in the guise of a life-size nutcracker. Marie and the Nutcracker are then carried off to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where they are entertained by dancers of every country and candy imaginable. The dancers are talented, notable performers including Arabian Coffee and Mother Ginger in drag with her brood hidden under her skirt...
...recent events: the U.S. accusation last August that a Chinese freighter, the Yinhe, was carrying prohibited chemical-weapons components to Iran; and the International Olympics Committee's selection of Sydney rather than Beijing as the site of the 2000 Olympic Games. An independent inspection of the Yinhe by Saudi Arabian officials in the presence of American "consultants" showed the U.S. accusations to be without substance, prompting Beijing to demand a formal U.S. apology and compensation for the freighter's interrupted voyage. Afterward, the Chinese press went on a name-calling binge, deriding the U.S. as a self- styled globocop trampling...
Among Connors' other famous customers is the late Samuel Doe, once dictator of Liberia who has since been overthrown and killed. During the Gulf War, the brother of the king of Saudi Arabia stayed at the Charles Hotel and visited the Coop dressed in his regal Arabian robes. "He asked if I [could] have a set shipped to him by Friday," says Connors. Normally, shipment would take two to three weeks but the Saudi prince needed it for his granddaughter's birthday. "I said, 'Yes, Your Highness, if you'll pay for the freight...
...extensive protection of a Saudi Arabian prince by on-duty and off-duty Harvard police officers detracted from the work of the department's criminal investigation unit, The Crimson reported at the time...
This decision is based on the case of a Saudi Arabian woman who left her home country in April 1991 to further her education. Initially, this woman was denied refugee status in Canada...