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...month from Paris to the Senegalese capital of Dakar (2,860 miles) and then on to Rio de Janeiro (another 3,189 miles). At the same time, Britain will launch Concorde flights from London's Heathrow for the 3,162-mile trip to the oil-rich island of Bahrain. But Britain and France must be able to fly the lucrative North Atlantic route if they are to have any chance of making money on their huge Concorde investment. Thus they are seeking permission to land four Concordes a day at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport...
Planners and architects now see the town as a model full of lessons for similar developments, even those far from the Pilbara region. Howroyd's next projects may be in the very places where he found his original inspiration. Government agencies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran, seeking better ways to plan their new desert cities, want the Australian architect to re-establish in their lands the concept of a protective town with narrow streets, people in constant contact and no cars...
...moving smoothly into the Middle East with an impressive mixture of direct exports and joint-venture projects. The Italians are third; they have built a reputation for handling vast projects more cheaply than either the French or the British, and with an outstanding technical flak. For example, in Bahrain, the Società Italiana Resine of Milan is completing a $12 million desalination plant that it says will be the largest in the world. During March the company and the Cairo daily Al Ahram jointly sponsored a conference on desalination that brought together representatives of nine Arab countries, Britain, France, West...
...Vietnamese persisted. What if they spread the bullion on pallets so the weight could be distributed? The Swiss again demurred, this time pointing out that Balair had received overflight permission only for humanitarian purposes. Thus when the DC-8 stopped for refueling in Bangkok and Bahrain, the cargo might be inspected. Only then did the Vietnamese back off; they realized that either the Thais or Bahrainis could confiscate the hoard without compensation. At week's end the bullion was apparently still in Saigon-palletized and awaiting a more willing air carrier...
Faisal consults senior princes and tribal chiefs on important matters, but final decisions are still his own. Unlike neighboring Bahrain and Kuwait, which are experimenting with legislatures, Faisal has no parliament, which he considers to be the crutch of a weak ruler...