Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that time for me has fled on too swift a wing." Last week swift-winged time came to an end for the legendary old Prince of Islam. In a quiet lakeside villa at Versoix, Switzerland, his huge bulk wasted to a mere 132 Ibs., His Highness Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, the Aga Khan III and spiritual leader of some 20 million Ismaili Moslems throughout the East, the Middle East and Africa, died...
Vacationing in Switzerland with his Queen Soraya, Iran's Shah cabled orders for all-out relief measures as reports trickled out of the devastated area describing the plight of rural survivors, whose perils included not only thirst, disease and famine, but packs of hungry, maddened wolves. The bodies of more than 2,000 Iranians have already been recovered, and aid teams have yet to reach most of the stricken area...
...shoes, but Ike decided to go all the way, shed his new black oxfords before he put on the slippers; Mamie took off her white pumps and stood in her nylons. Then they stepped across the threshold on to a carpet sent to the Washington mosque by the Shah of Iran...
Iran's Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and his comely Queen Soraya winged into Madrid for what was billed as a four-day state visit. But Spain's Dictator Francisco Franco was not the notable they came primarily to see. On their very first day in Madrid, the Shah called in the dean of Madrid University's medical school, Dr. Jesus Garcia Orcoyen, an internationally renowned gynecologist, and asked him to examine Soraya. Apparently at stake was their marriage. After six childless years with Soraya, the Shah, whose only child is a daughter by his first wife Fawzia...
...While Iran was publicly demanding a 75-25 split with any company that wants to develop Qum, there were strong reports in Teheran that the Shah was well aware that major oil companies, with the capital and marketing facilities needed to sell Qum's oil, will hardly agree to such a split. To do so might well force a revision of royalties in the Middle East and other areas. Under the circumstances, oilmen expect that Iran will soon consider-and pass-a new law that will offer oil companies some tempting inducements to develop Qum and other Iranian areas...