Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some, of course, came to prey as well as pray. Sixty Nigerian Moslems were arrested for smuggling kola nuts, an illegal stimulant, into Saudi Arabia; police thoughtfully escorted the offenders through the hajj ritual, then brought them back to Jeddah for prosecution...
...Arab world's most important monarchs last week chose new crown princes. The conscientious kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan both bypassed younger brothers (both named Mohammed) to name more sobersided brothers who are younger still...
...Saudi Arabia's sad-eyed King Feisal, 61-who succeeded profligate King Saud only last November-skipped Prince Mohammed ibn Abdul Aziz, 57, and picked shy Prince Khaled ibn Abdul Aziz, 55, as his eventual successor. The passed-over prince is a cheerful bon vivant, who himself suggested that Khaled be named the royal heir-and was reportedly rewarded with more than $1,000,000 for his unselfishness. Khaled, who is known as "the quiet one," has assisted Feisal at international conferences, currently is Saudi Arabia's Deputy Premier. A painfully shy, hardworking administrator, he is an expert...
...years, Sands, then 23, embarked on a lusty round-the-world odyssey. He sailed the wartime Pacific as a merchant seaman, made up for the years of prison-enforced sexual abstinence in a ten-day romp with an American Red Cross girl in Calcutta, worked for Aramco in Saudi Arabia, dug for diamonds in Venezuela, managed five jungle airports for Panagra in Bolivia, became a skilled pilot and a top-rated sports-car driver...
...pros by any other nam are still the pros, and they log daily hours in front of TV that would make a union man scream for overtime pay; The leading contender for academe s top tubeman is the University of Texas Saleh Abdulrahman Athel, a studei from Saudi Arabia who started watching to learn English, then just stayed and stayed and stayed. Now, on his Magnavox portable he soaks up eleven hours a day. "Everything's fine with TV" he beams, "except the blasted commercials." He's not exactly sure of the time he spends studying Its regulated...