Word: hassan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Morocco's beloved King Mohammed V died last year, no one Seemed less likely to hold the nation together than his eldest son, slender, dark-eyed King Hassan II. Hassan knew his way around the royal court, but his interest in the serious business of government seemed equally matched with a taste for racing sports cars, riding horses, and romping with starlets. The political pundits figured Hassan might last six months...
...predictions were wrong. During 22 months in power, Hassan, 33, has deftly played off squabbling left-wing groups against one another, at the same time raising the prestige of the Istiqlal political party, which led the fight for independence and made the throne the symbol of nationalism and freedom. Hassan, however, is more than just a symbol. Today, from the royal palace in Rabat, he rules his California-size kingdom of 12 million subjects with the assurance of a sultan, which is precisely the way Morocco was ruled for 13 centuries before...
Outside Cash. It has been no easy task. Despite his father's efforts. Hassan is faced with the grim fact that 80% of the population live in feudal and near-feudal conditions. Hassan's task is to sweep away old traditions of tribalism, apathy and religious extremism without being swept away in the process. He negotiates amiably with France, which once held the territory in a colonial grip. In Paris last week, French and Moroccan negotiators opened talks for an $80 million loan, the biggest single French aid package since Moroccan independence...
Some 10,000 French civil servants remain the backbone of Rabat's government bureaucracy, filling jobs that range from drafting legal papers to installing telephones. Striving to lower the massive 75% illiteracy rate, Hassan imported 8,500 French schoolteachers, more than were in Morocco during colonial rule. In so doing he defied influential Moslems who believe that all education must be based on the Koran. But Hassan thinks that advancement is where you find it. He currently gets $30 million a year from the U.S., has accepted an American suggestion to set up a kind of CCC to cope...
Aside from Roberts, the Crimson has only two major worries from the Columbia offense. Converted fullback Tom O'Conner plays this year at halfback, and he usually gains yardage on each line assault. Fullback Mike Hassan is the Lion's top ground gainer, but scouts say he is inconsistent...