Word: rifai
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third year in succession, King Hussein of Jordan, 38, elected last week to vacation in Palm Beach. Though unofficial, his visit did not go unnoticed. President Nixon provided him with two bulletproof limos, and Hussein was accompanied by his Prime Minister, Zaid al-Rifai, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Zaid bin Shakar. The diminutive monarch put up at the home of Jordan's honorary consul in Palm Beach, Kleenex Heir James Kimberly, and his wife Jacquie. Then he set about enjoying himself. A day's shooting on a nearby game preserve bagged 40 quail...
...thick coffee and unleavened Syrian bread, they huddle there nightly to talk about the conflict at home and about their own uneasy status in the U.S. The fact that among students and faculty there are few Arabs-and many Jews-at Harvard aggravates Arab feelings of isolation. Senior Omar Rifai, a Jordanian, feels more like an object of curiosity than discrimination, but he claims that he still has to listen to some of his professors say "that the Arabs are cowardly, that we live in tents...
...past, Hussein scrupulously avoided a confrontation. More and more, critics accused him of wavering. Finally, the King decided to make a tough decision stick. He had little choice. If he did nothing, there was a real chance of an army mutiny. Rifai volunteered to resign as Premier because he was "tired." Instead, Hussein scathingly rebuked him and then fired him?along with the rest of his 17-member Cabinet. The King appointed a new Cabinet made up of eleven army officers and headed by Brigadier General Mohammed Daoud, 50, as Premier. More important, he dusted off a measure that...