Word: qatar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...QATAR...
...Qatar (pop. 25,000), to the south of Kuwait, marks the next stage of the evolution of a sand-blown sheik into a millionaire. Seventeen years ago, Qatar (rhymes with butter) was no more than a sunburned thumb-120 miles long and 50 wide-sticking out into the Persian Gulf. Periodically, howling shamal winds blistered the low, monotonous plateau. Doha, seat of government, was a mud village, and the only sign of industry was a few palm groves by the sea and a few fishing boats. The only foreigners were American missionaries...
...this part of the world love my passport. They play it like an accordion. I've made eight trips to Iran, seven to Egypt, six to Syria, three each to Turkey and Iraq, two each to Greece and Bahrein, one each to Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar ... My wife wistfully wishes she'd married a traveling salesman...
...other sources two-thirds of the oil lost when its property in Iran was nationalized. The squeeze on world oil supplies, which had been a strong bargaining point for Iran, was fast ending. Production has been stepped up in fields in which Anglo-Iranian has an interest in Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq...