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Keeping the oath was not easy. As King, Saud squandered fortunes on his pleasures, chief of which were a huge harem. Next to women, Saud liked air-conditioned Cadillacs best, and next to Cadillacs, intrigue. In contrast, Feisal was almost a puritan: though thrice married, he lives with only one...
Dar es Salaam in Arabic means "haven of peace," but since Tanganyika became an independent country in 1961, the title of its capital has taken on a dramatic new meaning. The city has become a "haven" for refugees from the European-controlled countries of southern Africa and the main base...
When Lebanon tried to hold a presidential election in 1958, the tiny country exploded in civil war. More than a thousand Lebanese were slain, the Soviet Union rattled its rockets, and 14,000 U.S. marines landed to ward off a threatened Communist or Nasserite takeover. Yet last week, when the...
The German-speaking Sexbombes are a persevering, single-minded breed. Typical of her fetching generation is Senta Berger, 23, a former student at the Max Reinhardt Institute in Vienna, who played hooky from school to do a tiny bit in The Journey with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner, went on...
Prestige from Rank. Neither strong nor furious, except occasionally with their wives, most Shriners seemed less like noble pranksters than a mobilized cross section of middle-class Americans. They claim an unrestricted membership (though Negroes would be welcome, none have tested the claim, preferring a similar, separate-but-equal Negro...