Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University to speak in January. It has forced Harvard to scuttle its ill-conceived South African Internship Program. And it has forced debate and put the University administration on notice with the successful erection of a shantytown. But so far, Harvard officials have ignored the shanty building and seem determined to ignore students' demands...
...bureaucratic battle over missile throw-weights would not seem to be the stuff of which best sellers are made. But when the author is Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, the Administration's outspoken hawk, some publishers are willing to take a chance. Perle wants to write a novel about his arms-control struggles with the more dovish former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt, now the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Perle has circulated a five-page outline for his first work of fiction, and bidding for the book has reportedly passed...
...than the British kind. Their lordships were created by the Sovereign, ours by Sam Goldwyn. Theirs try to be seen with the Queen, ours with Joan Rivers. What our crowd lacks in gravitas, it makes up in laughs. Nor has it produced a noticeably poorer class of peer. Both seem equally to enjoy the company of Koo Stark...
Most Saudis owe their prosperity to the vast amounts of money the government has poured into development projects over the past decade. While some of these, like the $3.4 billion international airport at the capital city of Riyadh, are attractive and useful, others seem destined for white elephanthood. One 1,800-acre complex dubbed the "diplomatic quarter" features a lavish sports club complete with a wave machine that creates surf in a vast swimming pool. Though the club is intended to house 7,000 diplomats and their families, skeptics question whether it will attract a third that number...
Despite its myriad problems, the House of Saud remains firmly entrenched and popular. In a kingdom in which 5,000 princes have a vested interest in preserving the political system, the chances of major change seem remote. Nonetheless, Fahd is sometimes criticized as indecisive and too subservient to religious authorities. The health of the 64-year-old King, a diabetic who craves sweets, smokes cigarettes and is overweight, is a matter of concern. So is the condition of Crown Prince Abdullah, 62, the first in line of succession, who is reportedly scheduled to have coronary-bypass surgery...