Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saudi Arabia's polygamous old King Ibn Saud takes good care of his wives, both past & present. Last week a Cincinnati hearse manufacturer showed off a new $250,000 present the King is buying for his four present and some 120 former wives-20 new Cadillacs with custom-built bodies to make them desertproof and peekproof. The King will use them to carry his wives between the twin capitals of Riyadh and Mecca. Each car has six doors, accommodates six wives (plus chauffeur and attendant), has electric fans, special windows so the women...
...Saudi Arabia...
...that point some of the victims spoke up. Syria resented the report's stating the fact that beggars abound in Syria; Egypt did not want it said that Egyptian naturalization papers are sometimes obtained by palm-greasing. Saudi Arabia proposed that the report be "impounded and pulped." Belgium and France added their cavils. Russia denounced one passage in the report as "subversive activity...
...Rodgers, who is also chairman of the Texas Co., resigned. Into office as chairman went old Middle East Hand F. A. Davies, veteran oil diplomat, who has been serving as Aramco's executive vice president. The new chairman and other top executives would henceforth live in Saudi Arabia...
...grizzled old warrior wanted more. By week's end, four directors, two vice presidents and two legal counselors converged on Riyadh and began soothing Ibn Saud. Before they are through, Aramco may have to: 1) admit Saudi Arabians to its board, 2) agree to pay more of Ibn Saud's royalties in dollars, less in sterling, 3) finance the Gulf-to-Mecca railway...