Word: arabic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arab-Israeli war 6 days Cher/Gregg Allman marriage 9 days Average space-shuttle flight 10 days Oxenberg/Evans marriage 12 days Barneys New York annual warehouse sale 12 days Shelf life of a professional pedicure 20 days Writing of On the Road 21 days Noncontested Tour de France 21 days Ernest Borgnine/Ethel Merman marriage 32 days Life-span of a fruit fly 70 days...
...Iran saber rattling now, just when President Mohammed Khatami is cultivating nervous Arab neighbors and the West with a more moderate foreign policy? And just when Washington has signaled its readiness to improve relations? Political warfare at home may be the explanation. The country's supreme leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, controls the missile program, and he has been maneuvering to weaken Khatami ever since voters elected him a year ago on a promise to relax the government's strict Islamic rule...
...very ambitious for her son, as is Queen Noor for Hamzah. One palace insider speculates that despite Hussein's wishes, Hassan will name Rashid regent. His ascension could spark challenges from Hamzah or Ali, especially given that Rashid's Pakistani mother, like Abdullah's, is a non-Arab. "Anyone who assumes that the Hashemite family is united or will remain united about the succession issue is making a mistake," says the source...
...Bavarians paid $66 million just for a name? "It's a steal," says FORTUNE auto writer Alexander Taylor. "Rolls-Royce is the best car brand there is." But won't all those Arab sheikhs sour on the brand once they find out it's a Rolls in name only? Apparently not. "The '98 Rolls already has a BMW engine, and someone else builds the body," says Taylor. "All the British do is add the wood and leather." Blimey...
While the armies struggle, the people are trampled by wave after wave of marauders. Khartoum has been buying off rebel leaders from the south and turning them loose on their own people. Another scourge is the Popular Defense Force militia--Arab horsemen recruited as army auxiliaries who also raid southern villages, stealing cattle, shooting young men and kidnapping women and children...