Word: habib
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seriously," sniffed Medbouh. ∙ A lavish buffet, which included lobster, smoked salmon, roast sheep and couscous, was laid out, along with champagne and mint tea. Hassan ate with his seven-year-old son, Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed, one of his five children, under a special canopy. Near by sat Habib Bourguiba Jr., son of Tunisia's President. Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never to eat at midday, lounged on a Moroccan pouf reading The Peter Principle...
Just in time for Christmas, the Tunisian state publishing monopoly has announced that it is putting President Habib Bourguiba's choicest speeches on no fewer than 485 long-playing records costing a mere $ 1 each. So far, the buyers have been Tunisian youth groups, cells of the ruling Neo-Destour Party, trade unions and embassies. When the set is complete (only 320 speeches are available now), Bourguiba fans will be able to hear 450 hours of speechifying on topics ranging from veils and miniskirts to population and polygamy...
Pros and Cons. Meanwhile it is Washington's turn to break the silence. At the end of his trip to Europe, President Nixon was to meet in Ireland for an exhaustive review of the U.S. position with his chief Paris negotiator, David Bruce; Deputy Negotiator Philip Habib; and Henry Kissinger, Nixon's Assistant for National Security Affairs. Nixon will get as many as a dozen proposals, each with its pros and cons, then go off alone with the intention of making some hard decisions...
...high-level secret talks are now being held; possibly irritated that Henry Cabot Lodge was not replaced by a man of comparable stature after his resignation in November, Hanoi's representatives said that they have had no private contacts at all with the U.S. delegation since Philip C. Habib became its acting chief...