Word: rulers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ruler of oil-rich Saudi Arabia (estimated annual revenue from oil: about $400 million) regards Nasser as a Marxist firebrand whose form of "Arab socialism" defiles the Koran; Nasser denounces Saud as a feudal overlord and satyr who keeps his people in bondage. Each morning Radio Cairo broadcasts prayers for the quick demise of the "antisocial, reactionary, squandering, lecherous, oligarch Saud. his family and supporters." In retaliation, Saud, who once financed a $5,000,000 plot to kill Nasser, this year barred delivery of the kiswa, the canopy for the holy Black Stone in Mecca that Egyptian craftsmen had spent...
...Middle East, individual incomes still average only $165 a year. By drastic economic programs, the Shah wants to raise incomes until in "the next 20 years, they should compete with the advanced countries of Europe." Again and again he said that there is no pride in being ruler of a poor country...
...have Sardar." Where Jackie had thrilled to the beauty of India's Taj Mahal, built three centuries ago by the Mogul emperor, Shah Jahan, as a memorial to his wife, in Pakistan she was excited by the glitter of the 80-acre Shalimar Gardens, built by the same ruler as a memorial to his father. There she strolled along a red-carpeted walk beside glistening pools, while balloons floated about her, fountains shimmered and 7,000 guests looked on. "All my life I've dreamed of coming to the Shalimar Gardens," Jackie told them. "It's even...
...realistic view of the problems of his and other emergent countries. Said he: "It is very easy to shout 'Freedom, Freedom,' even going to the extent of being very aggressive. But, after all, what we are looking for is not so much getting rid of a foreign ruler as to improve our standard of living, working for a better life. We must now actually prove to our people that we can have a better life from now on." After talking to Olympio, President Kennedy's thoughts followed in similar vein. Flying west to address a crowd...
...accordance with" the rubrics of this historic ritual, "Extra omnes [Everyone outside]" A host of attending bishops and monsignori, the chamberlains and members of the Noble Guard bowed to the throne and withdrew; the doors were closed. The Pope, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, and absolute ruler of the largest religious body in Christianity, was left alone with his princes...