Word: inners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...modern House of Saud comprises the descendants of Abdul Aziz and his five brothers. Supreme power is held by the "Inner Six," a council made up of the heads of the family's six principal branches. Oddly enough, neither King Khalid nor Crown Prince Fahd is a member of the Inner Six; their branch of the family, that of Abdul Aziz, is represented by an older brother, Mohammed, who long ago renounced his claim to the throne...
Family solidarity is all important. Once a council of the House of Saud has made a decision, no prince, however influential, dares challenge it. The power of the Inner Six was proved in the late '50s, when Faisal, then Crown Prince, tried to become King on the ground that his profligate brother Saud was bankrupting the country. The council said no, and Faisal obeyed. By 1964 both Saud and the country's finances had deteriorated to the point where the Inner Six was forced to take action. The King was deposed and died in exile in Athens...
...addition, the mentor relationship helps the protege "integrate the inner splitting of masculine and feminine aspects of self," Levinson said. The protege learns to give without "competitive rivalry, to love without fear of homosexuality, and to be a better mentor to women" later in life, he added...
...wind heavy and warm with moisture, but violent, too; the limbs of trees groaned in it, ash cans banged, unhooked shed doors rattled and slammed... The wind made him feel a queer inner release, a sickening kind of happiness, and he threw back his head and yelled into the crazy wind...
...visual equivalent of the rippling Chopin score. Though some in those days found her work rather cold, reservations never centered on her talent. The question was not whether she could make it to the top but whether she would self-destruct first. For her fame within dance's inner circle rests not just on her skill but on her ability to take a hard road and make it much, much harder. "I was a compulsive worker," she says, "even at eight...