Word: persian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Persian messengers travel with a velocity which nothing human can equal. . . . Neither snow, nor rain, nor heart, nor darkness are permitted to obstruct their speed."--Herodotus, Book Seven...
...while the average Cambridge postman knows very little about Persian messengers or even about Herodotus, it should be fairly obvious from the above quotation that he has something in common with the former and is somewhat in debt to the latter...
...Egypt's Suez Canal, which channels 1,200,000 bbls. daily to Europe from Persian Gulf fields, has been completely closed. The hulks of at least 15 vessels (including the dredges and some of the biggest salvage ships), most of them scuttled by the Egyptians, clog the waterway. The El Firdan railway bridge also has collapsed into the canal. Most optimistic estimate for clearing the canal: more than a month. Says one shipping expert: "It all depends on who is going to do the unplugging. If it's a crash program under the Americans, it might take...
...fields to the Mediterranean, is still operating. But last week the Saudi Arabian government ordered Aramco to suspend all shipments to Britain and France, thus depriving them of some 35,000 bbls. daily by way of the pipeline, another 110,000 bbls. daily loaded on tankers in the Persian Gulf...
When the Chief realized that he had mastered the ancient Persian art, he decided to look for a relation between his relevations and ancient astrological insights. He has since digested over 1000 works on astrology, and discovered that the universal order which is "perfect, is pictured perfectly in astrology." He reasoned that the fundamental truths which he had found in concentration while weaving were also present in astrology...