Word: lebanon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Eighteen months ago, the U.S.'s Douglas and Boeing companies were invited, along with British Aircraft Corp., to take part in what seemed to be a simple sales competition: the winner would sell three jets to Lebanon's Middle East Airlines under a contract that would return around $40 million. That is pretty small stuff to the aircraft industry, but the three new jets would presumably be only a starter; taken for granted was the fact that, along with, options on more planes for Middle East Airlines, the winning bidder would also sell jets to such smaller carriers...
...BORIS N. DUBSON Lebanon...
...close down on Friday, Jews on Saturday, Christians on Sunday-a situation that could conceivably lead to an ecumenical three-day weekend for all. In Saudi Arabia and Libya, Friday is kept strictly as Allah's day and Sunday is a normal work day; but in half-Christian Lebanon and Western-influenced Syria and Turkey, many Moslem businessmen close down on Friday only long enough to visit their mosques, although they shut down completely on Sunday. Jordan's government offices in Amman close on Friday, but in Jordanian Jerusalem, one of Christianity's most holy places, Sunday...
...pack. The West Germans had accepted Bulgarian tobacco in exchange for cigarette-paper machinery, processed much of the tobacco into cigarettes that were sent back to Bulgaria; the Bulgarians shipped them on to Russia in payment for more machinery. Sometimes, the trade is not so simple. Lebanon, burdened by a glut of apples, managed to swap some to Jordan in exchange for 40 army tanks, and would like to trade more to Britain in payment for VC 10 jets. Although the British are anxious to sell their jets to Lebanon's Middle East Airlines, they are not wild about...
...conceivable commodity from beans to bazookas, reopened defense plants that have lain idle for a decade, rushed in scarce equipment from units all over the world. With 45% of its strength deployed overseas.† the Army is prepared at the crack of a shot for another Dominican Republic, another Lebanon-even another Viet...