Word: helpfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Without Fahd's help, Anwar Sadat would probably not be in power in Egypt today. When Sadat's regime was shaken by food-price riots in January 1977, the Saudis and their oil-rich friends in the gulf put together a $4 billion aid package to keep Sadat afloat. Fahd was unhappy about not being adequately consulted by Sadat on his peace initiative and was fearful that it might fail; nonetheless, the Saudis announced that their financial aid to Egypt would continue...
...mean "council," or even "parliament"). According to Arab custom, reinforced by a 1952 decree of King Abdul Aziz, every subject has the right of access to his ruler, whether the ruler is a tribal sheik, a governor or the monarch himself, to present petitions of complaint or pleas for help. Even the poorest Saudi can approach his sovereign to plead a cause; functionaries of the royal court found guilty of improperly turning aside a petitioner face severe punishment...
...patiently, occasionally murmuring instructions to his assistants. Among the first petitioners was an aged, crippled, nearly blind man, barefoot and leaning on a cane. He was destitute and was asking for money. Another petitioner had a pregnant wife; he also pleaded for princely largesse. A third needed help to rebuild his house, which had burned down. Another came from a remote district that lacked water and electricity, and he wanted action from the government...
...were all bankers or army generals, it would be assumed they were invited because of their position. But these are simple people. Anyone, anyone can come here, and that gives them confidence in their government. It is very important psychologically that they know they may look to us for help...
...agency's designation for the target country, Angola, and FEATURE the code word for a special covert operation. When the IAFEATURE task force was assembled in late summer 1975, on the eve of Angola's independence from Portugal, it was handed a mission nearly impossible: to help two Angolan leaders who would presumably remain friendly to the West when the big, troubled former colony went off on its own. The IAFEATURE directors, who worked out of a "vaulted" (super-secure) office at the CIA'S headquarters in Langley, Va., were given an initial $14 million to achieve...