Word: arabian
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Gemayel made no public announcement that he was scrapping the accord. He simply accepted an eight-point Saudi Arabian peace plan that includes abrogation of the May 17 pact; Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal then delivered it to the Syrians. Other points called for a ceasefire, a negotiated simultaneous pullout of Israeli and Syrian forces coupled with security guarantees to Israel, and a reconstitution of Gemayel's Christian-dominated government to give a much greater share of power to his Muslim opponents...
...security plan, which is being worked out with the aid of Syrian and Saudi Arabian envoys, calls for the Lebanese Army to move south from Beirut to the Awali River, where the Israeli occupation zone begins, and north toward the port city of Tripoli, which the Syrians dominate. Lebanese police forces would patrol the hills above Beirut, the Chouf Mountains and the volatile southern suburbs. By moving equally into both Muslim and Christian strongholds, the government hopes to silence the guns of the warring militias...
...collecting is my great sickness." Alliance's Manhattan headquarters resembles a museum, its long corridors full of drawings and etchings by such American masters as Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper. While working as a chemical engineer at Esso (now Exxon) in 1959, Williams started a collection of Saudi Arabian stamps...
...jompany. Six years ago when gasoline prices were heading skyward, the Justice Department started an investigation of oil companies for alleged price rigging of Persian Gulf crude flowing into the U.S. Later the case was narrowed to the four U.S. majors who owned and operated Aramco, the Arabian American Oil Co., which pumps Saudi Arabian oil. Last week the Government dropped the case, saying that the firms, Exxon, Mobil, Texaco and Standard Oil Co. of California, no longer had a major influence on the world price of oil. Yawned an Exxon aide: "We'd almost forgotten about...
...Sherry repeats pithy lines like "what would work when and for what" and "the key to the treasure is the treasure" a genie, played by Tim McDonough, appears from 20th century America, revealing the plot of the Arabian nights. Sherry tells the genie "all you have to do is supply me from the future of stories of the past," which she will use to fool the king...