Word: oman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this comes from a slight, softly spoken but highly persuasive man of 44. For the past 20 years, notables ranging from Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman have been talked into doing nice things for Wendell Phillips-like backing his archaeological expeditions and giving him oil concessions...
...Will. After the Yemen fiasco, Phillips took refuge in Oman in 1952 and became a good friend of Sultan Said bin Taimur. He went into the oil business one day when the Sultan, after complaining that he had not found oil like other Middle Eastern rulers, said to Phillips, "And by the will of God we shall have oil, for I am granting you the oil concession for Dhofar." Dhofar, an area the size of Ohio, has not yet produced any oil. But it made Phillips a millionaire, because he divided his 21% interest in the concession into...
...miles from the heart of the city and brightening them with come-ons-Olympic-size swimming pools, tennis courts and teen-age "centers." Builders are offering various forms of walled-in courtyards, patios or other places for private outdoor entertainment or relaxation. In Boston, houses with atria-R oman-style enclosed courtyards-will go on sale next spring...
...Presbyterian Medical Center with an intestinal ailment; Belgium's King Baudouin, 34, in the royal palace in Brussels, suffering from infectious hepatitis; Richard Cardinal Cushing, 69, in Boston's St. Elizabeth's Hospital, following surgery for removal of a portion of his intestines; David Oman McKay, 91, President, Prophet and Seer of 2,000,000 Mormons, in Salt Lake City's Latter-day Saints' Hospital for the third time in eight months for treatment of a weak heart and congested lung; Actress Patricia Neal, 39, last year's Oscar winner as the housekeeper...
...grand total of eight: Andorra, Bhutan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Muscat-Oman, Switzerland and the Vatican City...