Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...building while waiting, then launched into his sales pitch about "some of the best friends I have in the world," noting that "there's a hell of a lot more Arabians than there is Jews." He added his view that "the Jewish media tears up the Arab countries full-time." The outcry was instant and loud. G.O.P. Chairman Bill Brock called Billy's remarks a sign of "disgusting antiSemitism" and added that "to some extent each of us is his brother's keeper." The chagrin in the White House ran deep. Libya is a repressive nation...
...clients are honest, but they are totally indifferent to the value of money," complains Tom Evans of the oil-rich Arab sheiks whose sumptuous private planes are serviced by his Houston-based firm. One of his customers is Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, president of the United Arab Emirates, who paid $10 million in 1974 for a Grumman Gulfstream II, equipped with royal blue morocco-leather seats and gold seat-belt buckles...
...service totaling $188,464.81-pin money perhaps in Abu Dhabi but a substantial sum in Houston. This month, after learning that the sheik's plane was in Savannah, Ga., for routine repairs, Evans obtained a court order grounding the flying palace until the bill is settled. The United Arab Emirates have substantial leverage in Washington because they supply about 5% of U.S. petroleum imports, but their American lawyers stressed that the bill would not become a matter of state. Said one: "It's a simple private dispute over whether the charges are reasonable." At week...
Meanwhile, Bakhtiar, an ex officio regency-council member, moved to win popular support for his government. He immediately lifted press censorship and reopened the universities closed last June. In presenting his new Cabinet to Parliament, he detailed elements of a program that included support for Iran's Arab neighbors, "especially the Palestinians," and a ban on future oil shipments to Israel and South Africa. He promised to disband SAVAK, the secret police, and announced that he had released 266 political prisoners and would compensate families of the more than 2,000 Iranians who had been killed in the months...
Until a few years ago, West German planners considered coal only a secondary fuel resource. Then came the Arab oil embargo in 1973 and, more recently, a growing concern about the safety of nuclear power. As a result, West Germany, like the U.S., has turned increasingly to coal as its ace in the hole. The nation now relies on brown coal for 30% of its electrical power and 25% of its home heating needs. Rheinbraun alone has already dug seven open-pit mines, including the world's largest: the Fortuna-Garsdorf pit, which measures roughly 1.2 miles across...