Word: saud
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...celebrate the occasion was Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser. As 20,000 Egyptians cheered, Nasser called the British-from Queen to commoner-"sons of bitches," sneered at his critics, and ridiculed as a pair of "nuts" Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's King Saud because they oppose Egypt's military venture in Yemen, where Nasser supports the rebel Abdullah Sallal...
...people's battle. It is our battle, because the more people we can win over from imperialism and reaction, the more our power is increased. Revolution will soon triumph everywhere against reaction!" Nasser promised that Israel's turn would come as soon as "we get rid of Saud and Hussein, who conspire with Zionism and imperialism to preserve their own thrones and fortunes...
...hero, or villain, of the antispending, anticorruption drive is tall, hawk-nosed Crown Prince Feisal, 57, who was hurriedly called home last October by his brother, King Saud, when revolution in neighboring Yemen threatened Saudi Arabia's feudal regime. "We are discouraging unnecessary luxury and wast," said Prince Feisal last week in his Red Palace in the capital city of Riyadh. "We have stopped playing with money. We are now devoting all our resources to vital and beneficial projects and, thanks to Allah, we have great resources: nearly 50 billion barrels in proven oil reserves and $400 million...
...announcing his new budget last week, Feisal promised broad reforms to keep revolution away from King Saud's door. He intends to "make the state fully responsible for the support of the aged, the ill, orphans, and women without means. Soon, all the needy will have enough to save them from shame and enable them to live with dignity." Feisal also proposed new laws guaranteeing funds for the unemployed, free education, and the emancipation of women...
...Saud's long-term hopes for the survival of his monarchy depend on his brother, able, austere Crown Prince Feisal, whom Saud installed as his new, trouble-shooting Premier. Feisal set jp a new Cabinet, promised free medical care and education, abolished slavery. He also planned new public morality committees to back up the religious police run by Moslem mullahs. "It is high time." he says, "to introduce some fundamental reforms. But who is more worthy than we, the sons of Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, to handle the affairs of our country...