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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sultan Qaboos believes absolute rule is a thing of the past and that a modern king must give his people a voice in their own future. "Firepower, color television, air conditioning can't satisfy people wanting their own parliament," he says. "That's the message of the 20th century. Kings and shahs, sultans and emirs, must all bow to it. And dictators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OMAN: Emerging from the Dark Ages | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...longer be acting as policeman of the Persian Gulf. For the same reason, he is anxious for the U.S. to play a more active role. "The Sultan is in the cockpit of conflict," says one of his British officers. "How he flies will determine the future of several kings, including King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. What he's done in nine years shows that he's got the hang of it. I'd wager when the time comes, he'll not be found wanting to do what's right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OMAN: Emerging from the Dark Ages | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...Jack Reardon began his own spiel on the majesty of Blodgett Pool and its King, Olympic medalist Bobby Hackett, my mind began to drift back to freshman year. It seemed hard to believe it had been four years since the Class of '79 first invaded Cambridge. We have changed and grown, but so have Harvard athletics, the question concerning both is--has that change been for the better...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: A Beginning and an End | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...Jonathan King, a professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said yesterday laboratories such as Draper should "convert weapons labs to more productive needs, such as developing computerized conservation technology...

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: Two Groups to Sponsor Rally Protesting Nuclear Arms Race | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

BORN. To Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, 33, and his German-born wife Queen Silvia, 35; their first son, second child; in Stockholm. Name: Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Duke of Värmland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 28, 1979 | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

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