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...Connecticut-sized sheikdom of Kuwait from a poverty-plagued sand pile at the head of the Persian Gulf into the world's most prosperous Arab state. With a national income of $30,000 a year per native family, his 468,000 people became the wealthiest on earth. The rea son: beneath the waterless desert lies one quarter of the world's oil. Though that fortune was all his own by dynastic right, Sheik Abdullah squandered none of it on sybaritic pleasures, used his billions in royalties to drag the once backward country from the 10th into the 20th...
...Kicking Tires. Unlike the auto industry, in which buyers crowd into showrooms to kick tires and slam doors, the truckmakers rely on aggressive bell-ringing salesmanship. The fleet owners, the largest of which are A.T. & T., Hertz and REA Express, account for 30% of all sales. They care less about chrome than about axle ratios and operating costs, unlike auto buyers insist on vehicles that will easily run 400,000 miles without major overhaul. All the salesmen's calls and painstaking demonstrations for show-me truckers are worth the effort, however. Depending on optional equipment, truck sales...
...DAVID F. REA New York City...
...pointed out that schools segregated for any rea- contribute to "the enor- the educational hiatus now between Negro and white...
Long-Term Commitment. Through revolution and expropriation ICOMI has remained unscathed. The main rea sons are that Bethlehem decided to stay in the background, commit its investment in Brazil to the long term and leave the management to Antunes. Antunes, now 58, is known as one of Brazil's most able and enlightened businessmen. He has started Brazil's first private foundation to support agricultural research, push education and development in backward areas. He has provided ICOMI workers with modern homes, built a fully staffed hospital, set up some of the best schools in Brazil. And all this...