Word: ba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This nation was literally quartered by the British map makers who brushed in arbitrary political boundaries during their heyday of 19th century imperialism. Like so much of this part of the world in the late 20th century, this "country" can no longer be ignored. Its name is Baluchistan (pronounced Ba-loo-chi-stan...
...Duong Vu Ba Hopkins, Minn...
...come from Iraq, with which the Saudis share 400 miles of a common but ill-defined desert border, enormous oil wealth and little else. Iraq, which is expected to surpass Iran in oil production by the mid-1980s is a power of the future. But even today, the radical Ba'ath regime in Baghdad has nearly three times the air capability of the Saudis, more than twice as many tanks, armored personnel carriers and helicopters, and five times as many men under arms...
While the Concorde goes through a 16-month trial period of daily flights into Kennedy, both airlines are looking for other host cities. Last year British Airways lost $25 million and Air France $44 million operating their Concordes. To break even, BA would have to keep each of its five Concordes in the air 7½ hours a day with 60% to 70% passenger loads this year. Right now the Concordes are logging about half that much flight time. BA now is negotiating with Braniff International to lease the plane for flights between Washington and Dallas-a final link...
Whenever the time for prayer occurs, the haaj and haaja stand facing the direction of Mecca and feel transported beyond time and space to those days when they stood in the Haram Mosque close to the Ka'ba, part of a multitude of worshippers bowing in acquiesence to the call...