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Characteristically, Bahrein's ruler did not bother to deny the charges. "I do all I can for my people," said the Sheik, "and I am aware of the need for progress. But we will not be stampeded." As for the Arab line that Isa allows Britain to use his territory "for dirty intrigues," the Sheik shrugged: "We know who our friends are. We intend to continue our close friendship with Britain." As it happens, the British are under heavy pressure to give up their naval base at Aden when the Federation of South Arabia gains its independence...
...symbolism could hardly be lost on Bolivians. As command pilot of Bo livia's nine-month-old military junta, Barrientos may fall into a flat spin one day; but in the meantime, he is flying high. His most notable accomplishment is something no other modern Bolivian ruler had ever achieved: control over the country's potentially rich, but notoriously inefficient tin mines...
...remote era of 7th century Imperial China, Author Yutang has recalled an empress who was Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Lucrezia Borgia rolled into one fiery, demonic woman. Clawing her way from obscurity to power, she killed wantonly and hideously; finally on the throne, she became a model ruler...
...bought Titus and brought it to the U.S., after a year of stalking it, is perhaps the only man in the world who could and would execute such a coup. As head of California's rapidly expanding Hunt Foods & Industries, Inc., Norton Winfred Simon is the ruler of a business complex that embraces two dozen companies in fields as diverse as publishing and steel. A comfortable millionaire?about $100 million at latest count?who grew rich primarily by canning tomato products, Simon in recent years has leaped from catsup to culture by assembling a $45 million assortment of art that...
Changed Color. Not even unconquered tribes dared to oppose a man whose executioners would cut open 100 pregnant women to satisfy their ruler's transient interest in embryology, whose fierce regiments would slaughter each other unless quartered in widely separated kraals. Toward the white man, however, Shaka assumed a friendly mien. The first British pioneers to set foot in Zululand met with a truly stunning cordiality. Executions were held in their honor. Shaka signed peace pacts with his guests, ceded them his kingdom (he had no intention of delivering), asked little more in return than a supply of Rowland...