Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were good reasons for the unusually large turnout. For one thing, the ordained day of the pilgrimage's start this year fell on a Friday, and a pilgrim who makes the hajj on Friday (the Moslem sabbath) is seven times blessed and sure to achieve heaven. For another, Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, whose oil-rich country includes Mecca, had lifted the usual tax of $52 per pilgrim. Agents of the three local airlines began selling tickets to Jidda like hot cakes. But when the holders turned up in Beirut, they found that there were not nearly...
After a year of airwave conversation, Prince Talal, 22, son of Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, flew to Sardinia to meet a ham-radio pal, pretty Maria Marras, 23, daughter of a Cagliari dentist. The visit over, the Prince gave Maria a present: a new $1,500 antenna for her set calculated to bring his voice in loud and clear...
...liner Queen Mary brought Feisal into New York Harbor last week, however, his official hosts could hardly avoid a horrible second thought: What if he saw America and didn't like it? They could not forget that another Feisal (the son of Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud) had been picketed and spat upon in New York...
...Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, whose U.S. shopping sprees have already included the purchase of 20 air-conditioned limousines and a $20,000 auto-trailer, decided he needed a modern flying carpet. Transocean Air Lines announced that it was custom-fitting (for some $100,000) a Douglas DC-4 as an aerial palace for His Majesty. Among the accessories: a raised throne which revolves a full 360° and has an extra-heavy-duty safety belt; an oversized bed in a bedroom complete with bath; an elevator; 18 luxurious chair seats. The plane is expected to be ready...
...A.M.P.'s feel that meeting men from totally different fields, and gaining new outlooks, is the most valuable part of the program. The statement of Kenneth R. Webster, who's spent most of the past eight years as district manager for the Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia, pretty well sums it up for the representatives of both foreign and even United States businesses...