Word: branched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...credentials with the traditionalists at home. Despite personality differences between Khalid and Fahd, the two men had complemented each other. Khalid remained close to the nomadic tribes that roam the country's desert wastelands, and his piety and sincerity appealed to devout practitioners of Wahhabism, the orthodox branch of Islam unique to Saudi Arabia. Fahd, on the other hand, gained international respect for his intelligence, flexibility and informed grasp of foreign affairs. But he had much weaker ties to the tribes, and his playboy reputation in his younger years offended more traditional elements in Saudi society...
...smooth transition belied rumors that a family schism had developed between the traditionalist senior Princes, such as Khalid and Abdullah, and the more modern-oriented branch of the family, headed by Fahd. The new King is the eldest of the powerful "Sudairi Seven," the sons of Ibn Saud by one of his favorite wives from the Sudairi tribe. There had been talk that Abdullah might be passed over in favor of Prince Sultan, also a Sudairi. The power of the Sudairi brothers within the Saudi hierarchy is substantial: in addition to Fahd and Sultan, they include Prince Naif, Minister...
...dollar bill, the American eagle is represented clutching an olive branch in one talon, a sheaf of arrows in the other. Ronald Reagan has been trying to present a somewhat similar image of his policy toward the Soviet Union: a string of arms-control proposals coupled with unyielding resistance to Soviet expansionism. Touring Europe two weeks ago, the President waved the olive branch so heavily that he stirred talk of a "new Reagan"-flexible, centrist and eager to negotiate. But last week, almost on the eve of new U.S.-Soviet disarmament talks, he decided to highlight the other aspect...
...Revson Foundation, will be run by Jonathan Moore, director of the IOP and Richard E. Neustadt '42, Littauer Professor of Public Administration. Using examples such as the Iranian hostage crisis. Three Mile Island and SALT negotiations, the study will examine foreign policy decision-making within the executive branch, the use of confidentiality by government officials and the press, and the impact of the press in shaping the public opinion...
...Chancellor's home town of Hamburg, his Social Democratic Party lost control of the city-state's legislature. Unwisely, perhaps, Schmidt had played a prominent role in the campaign. To underline the personal link between the Hamburg race and the head of the federal government, the local branch of the Social Democrats had plastered the city with posters pleading: "Hamburg, don't leave Helmut in the lurch." Well, it did. Schmidt's party slumped from its 1978 showing of 51.5% to 42.7% of the vote. For the first time ever, the opposition Christian Democratic Union emerged...