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Hussein's victory, however, was bought at an enormous cost. Two years ago, in the midst of a less sanguinary struggle with the fedayeen, the tough little monarch warned: "If I don't rule this country, then I shall burn it." He still rules, but much of his country is already in ruins; and the Palestinians, who account for approximately two-thirds of his 2,200,000 people, are not likely to forget how he cracked down on the guerrillas...
...historic Al Aqsa mosque. The assassin also fired at Grandson Hussein, who was standing beside Abdullah, but the bullet ricocheted off a medal on his uniform. Abdullah was succeeded by Hussein's father, Talal. But after one year, schizophrenia overcame Talal, and Hussein, 18, was proclaimed monarch...
...Scotch in the bar of Amman's old Philadelphia Hotel. In his first days as King, there was scant improvement. His idea of a fun evening was to disguise himself as a taxi driver, pick up customers in Amman and ask them what they thought of their new monarch. Hussein preferred blondes, but in 1955 he married a Hashemite cousin named Dina, several years his elder. She bore him only a daughter, and after two years Hussein quietly divorced her. He soon married a brunette British secretary named Toni Gardiner, whose father was an army officer stationed in Jordan...
...Powerful Monarch. Lunch, even on papal vacation, is devoted to business. While light courses of pasta, meat or fish, salad and fruit are served, Paul keeps up a lively chatter with his table companions, often including Papal Secretary of State Jean Cardinal Villot, who has a permanent apartment at the summer villa. After a 1½-hour siesta, there is more work: reading (and often writing marginalia in) the Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, and planning or writing important documents. Like his predecessors, Paul works long hours. An hour or so for prayer in the evening, some minutes...
...also briefly housed a French army contingent of Moslem Moroccans. The Moslems, noting the presence of some 3,000 women refugees, were duly, if mistakenly, impressed. Italian Novelist Curzio Malaparte records the impression in his book The Skin: "Three thousand wives! The Pope was undoubtedly the most powerful monarch in the world...