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...decisions on spending and development are ultimately made by Faisal. Other kings of Arab nations have disappeared from Egypt, Yemen, Iraq and most recently Libya, after a military coup there mounted by Muammar Gaddafi; and the thrones of Jordan and Morocco are shaky. But Faisal, whose name in Arabic means sword, remains for now a strong and absolute monarch. His prolific family gives him a solid base. Ibn Saud sired 36 sons, and his son King Saud produced 54 girls and 52 boys. Faisal has had eight sons and six daughters by four wives, two of whom he divorced many...
...special ceremony at George Wald's bedside, Leonard Bernstein '39 awards him the Nobel Peace Prize. Bernstein also awards himself the first Nobel Prize for Music. "It's about time," Bernstein remarks. Bok squelches merger rumors by selling Radcliffe to Libya. Libyan premier Col. Muammar Qadaffi closes the school down. "As the leader of progressive Third World anti-imperialist forces everywhere," Qadaffi announces, "I do not believe in education for women. Back to the bedroom." F. Skiddy von Stade comments...
...something more dangerous than cameras. A Social Democratic member of Parliament recently demanded that the government explain why Libya had purchased "the most strategic point on the island." With a look over both shoulders, three Communist senators asked "if it is true that [Libya's head of state Muammar Gaddafi] and NATO have divided the island for military purposes...
...their determination to gain control of the petroleum reserves on their territory. They took the first step after seven international oil companies in 1959 unilaterally reduced by about 10% the price paid to the oil-possessing nations. A second step was not taken until 1970. Then the revolutionary Colonel Muammar Gaddafi grabbed control of Libya, confronted the oil companies and dramatically raised prices and taxes...
Sadat said that "one of the Arab leaders"-by general agreement among Middle East specialists that could be Sadat's acerbic critic, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya-"had the idea to torpedo the QE2. He tried to use one of my submarines and had issued the order already...