Word: kuwait
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oryxes, which had been shipped to New Jersey. The four consisted of two males and two females, Edith from Aden, and Caroline, contributed by the London Zoo. Another female, still unnamed, will arrive at the end of summer, a gift of Sheik Abdulla Al-Jabir As-Sabah of Kuwait...
Rich Beyond Dreams. To solve that problem, Kuwaiti businessmen, advised by such notable figures as former World Bank President Eugene Black, have set up a private investment fund that will use Kuwait's plentiful capital to finance industrial development in the Arab world. Together with the government-sponsored Arab Development Fund, the new Kuwait International Consultants Ltd. (Kinteco) will make Kuwait's potential investment in Arab progress about $1.34 billion. For all his vast experience with big money, even Eugene Black was awed. Said he: "This is going to be one of the world's greatest financial...
...board member and mover of the new development fund is a handsome, curly-haired young man who symbolizes a new breed of Arab businessman. His name is Bader Almulla, 26, and he is the untraditional scion of Kuwait's traditional fam ily of hereditary wazirs (ministers of state). Bader believes that "the Arab world is rich beyond present dreams. Here in Kuwait alone we have the means to achieve miracles for the whole Arab world." Schooled in England, he spent seven prodigious years as Kuwait's Secretary of State before resigning 18 months ago to take over...
...business from handwritten, single-entry ledgers to computers, has trained a corps of crack salesmen and sent his technicians off to Beirut, England and the U.S. for training. Handling dealerships for such companies as Chrysler, Kaiser Jeep, Gulf Oil, Philco, Whirlpool and National Cash Register, Bader has ridden on Kuwait's boom. Last year his sales included 1,000 cars, 4,000 air conditioners (the Kuwait temperature goes up to 125°), three jet planes, and $600,000 worth of N.C.R. equipment. He is building two apartment projects and starting Kuwait's first quarry...
...Arab fashion, Bader is related to half of Kuwait's merchant fortunes and by marriage to the ruling family. He supports a family of nine brothers and sisters in addition to his beauteous wife Badriya (both his and her name mean full moon in Arabic). Badriya was the first Kuwait woman to appear unveiled in public; following her example, most girls in Kuwait now go unveiled. In a land without bars, nightclubs or public dancing, Bader and Badriya still manage to have fun. Bader likes to twist all night at private parties, then water-ski or ride full-blooded...