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...other countries. I will complete his mission and continue with his policies." Khalid, a quiet man who has never cared much about public affairs, will rely heavily on Crown Prince Fahd; though Khalid took the title of Premier, he named Fahd First Deputy Premier and also allowed him to retain his previous powerful post of Minister of Interior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: THE DEATH OF A DESERT MONARCH | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...their book's implacable esthetics, the brothers retain their faith in human nature. In their conversation, there are none of those Biblical-sounding references to vanity, deceit and deliberate fraud. "Generally speaking." Norris remarked last week, putting down his fork, "when people claim a thing they are telling the truth...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: The Men Behind the Guinness Book | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

...there is no doubt that the Jewish position is different from that of other ethnic minorities. The latter retain strong bonds with their mother countries for which they rally support (says California Congressman Thomas Rees: "Look what the Greeks did here during the Cyprus situation"). But no other foreign power is so crucially situated in the world today, or has comparably strong emotional claims on an American minority, as is the case with Israel and American Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN POLICY: AMERICAN JEWS AND ISRAEL | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

...That the admissions organization, in conjunction with the appropriate University offices, retain flexibility to respond to some of the problems that may arise by small changes in the size of the entering class, by small shifts in emphasis in admissions criteria used in the context of equal access admission policy, and by special recruiting efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In a Nutshell: | 3/4/1975 | See Source »

...willing to advocate a ban on arms sales, so long as what Senator Stuart Symington calls "the rules of the game" remain unchanged. It may well be that the arms trade is, in fact, necessary to the existence of sovereign states. Who can say that they should not retain the option of military force to protect themselves? Welko Gasich, a vice president of Northrop Aircraft Corp., puts it bluntly: "Until we have a bona fide world police force, it's still Dodge City and everyone wants a rifle over his door." Considering the rate at which arms are being exported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMAMENTS: THE ARMS DEALERS: GUNS FOR ALL | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

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