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There was ample reason for the show of good will. Geopolitically, Pakistan, a Muslim nation of 84 million, plus 2.8 million Afghan refugees, stands between the 100,000 Soviet troops that invaded Afghanistan and the eastern flank of the Persian Gulf region. Under U.N. auspices, it has been negotiating indirectly with the Soviet Union to achieve a complete Soviet troop withdrawal. Cautiously optimistic last week, Zia revealed that he had detected "a hint of flexibility" during his 45-minute meeting last month with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov...
...price rise seems out of the question, barring some blowup in the Middle East. But oilmen cannot afford to rule that out. The big fear is that the stalemated 27-month war between Iran and Iraq might suddenly spill over into a generalized Persian Gulf conflict, enveloping Saudi Arabia and other producers...
...future elections: I am still a caretaker. I am not an elected representative. I am the head of a military regime that is trying to look after this not-so-small region. We are at the crossroads of Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia. We are a backyard of the [Persian] Gulf. We are now a front-line state. Under these circumstances, we know that a lot of people are engaged in subversive activities. Pakistan today is the target of many countries. From the point of view of the Westerner, elections are a way of life. In Pakistan that...
...initials. At the age of five, he was already sketching designs for dresses. His entranced mother had a dressmaker whip up one of his creations, which she wore with great éclat. In the library of his father, an admiral, young Erté found a book of reproductions of Persian and Indian miniatures; the boy was so delighted that he decided to become an artist...
When Erté settled in Paris in 1912 at the age of 19, he had already developed a taste for the precise detail, blazing colors and stylized but highly idiosyncratic motifs that are characteristic of 16th century Persian miniaturist painting. He also had a flair for attracting the eye of celebrated clients, including Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer executed by the French as a German...