Word: feisal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other members of the Business section pitched in to produce the complex story of the oil siege. Contributing Editor Donald Morrison wrote a box on the inscrutable King Feisal, with the help of Reporter-Researcher Jay Rosenstein. Reporter-Researchers Bonita Siverd and Sally Button also contributed to the story, which was edited by Senior Editor Marshall Loeb. "People like to say that the Arabs are unpredictable," Loeb points out, "but they have been warning us all along of what they would do. The U.S. Government just failed to take them seriously. We have been terribly wasteful with our resources...
Only when our oil reserves are depleted and our Government crawls on its hands and knees to King Feisal to lick the oil from his feet, only then will I alter my driving habits, do my wash in cold water and lower my thermostat...
...within the Arab world Sadat was bringing about a new sense of fraternity, particularly during the past six months. He regained the support of King Feisal, who was said to feel chagrined that his advice to the Egyptian President about ousting the Russians had been mistaken. Libya's hotheaded strongman Muammar Gaddafi (TIME cover, April 2) wanted to unite with Egypt immediately; Sadat persuaded him instead to accept a gradualist approach to the merger (partly as a result, Gaddafi has sulked and done little during the current fighting...
...King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, the biggest Mideast producer, at first decreed a 10% cut in output. But by week's end, as the war seemed to be going against the Arabs, he announced a total ban on oil shipments to the U.S. Presently, 3.4% of the crude oil consumed daily by the U.S. comes from Saudi Arabia. Libya, Algeria and Abu Dhabi also announced embargos...
...gives them superior wisdom. In fact, the intractable problems of the Middle East have been endlessly considered and eloquently argued on both sides. In candid private moments, Israeli leaders can discuss Arab rights and needs with sympathy and understanding. On the Arab side, Hussein has acted with courageous prudence, Feisal with caution, and Sadat has proved a more subtle and rational strategist than Nasser. On almost every major issue, solutions that could be made palatable to both sides have long been canvassed-a demilitarized Sinai and a demilitarized West Bank that would protect Israel without its occupying Arab lands; territorial...