Word: rifai
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...street mobs were dispersed by troops and gunfire (mostly over the rioters' heads), and by the establishment of a 22-hour curfew. Schools were shut down by the government or closed by student sit-ins. Angered when the unruly Parliament forced the resignation of his Prime Minister Samir Rifai, King Hussein dissolved it and ordered the arrest of ten pro-Nasser Deputies. As caretaker Prime Minister, during the four months before new national elections, the King picked fat, easygoing Sherif Hussein ibn Nasser, 66, who is Hussein's great-uncle, is also married to Hussein's aunt...
...hours later, in a stormy debate in Amman's House of Representatives, 32 of the 60 legislators rose to attack the policies of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, whom Hussein had appointed only 24 days earlier. Rifai was in favor of linking Jordan with Nasser's group, but wanted to take his time about it. The parliamentarians did not want to wait. After nine hours of it, Rifai stormed out of the chamber, handed his resignation to King Hussein...
...stone Basman Palace in Amman, guarded by Circassian troopers in astrakhan hats, Jordan's King Hussein deftly shifted Prime Ministers. Out went muscular Wasfi Tal, 43, an efficient but Nasser-hating administrator. In came Jordan's "man of crises,'' five-time Prime Minister Samir Rifai, 62, who has been campaigning in recent months for more democracy inside Jordan and an end to antagonism against Nasser...
What's the Difference? After a late night talk, King Hussein and Rifai agreed on a new government, looking toward parliamentary democracy and Hussein's eventual retirement to the figurehead role of a constitutional monarch. They even gingerly accepted the Nasser-Baath slogan of ''Freedom, Unity, Socialism,'' with only the slight amendment of the final word to read "A Better Life...
What was still uncertain last week was whether Nasser is prepared to drop or modify his present determination to unite only with "liberated" Arab states and to shun monarchies. Said new Jordanian Prime Minister Rifai: ''We have our pride. We are just as healthy and strong as any Arab state. We don't intend to rush into anything, but we do intend to proclaim our good will and our attachment to Arab unity." Then he added hopefully, "There's every reason for the new Arab union to welcome Jordan and no reason to bar a constitutional...