Word: sheikdom
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...sheikdom is changing fast. Today, Kuwait merchants can supply anything from diesel generators to bobby pins. The streets crawl with four-hole Buicks churning up the fine dust (Abdullah plans to pave the streets). When K.O.C. came, there were four elementary schools, 600 boy pupils; now there are 31 schools and 7,500 pupils, including girls. The Sheik has built a 400-bed hospital, a women's hospital, dental clinics...
Died. Sir Ahmed Ibn Al Jabir Al Subah, 64, oil-rich ruler of the Arab sheikdom of Kuwait, near the head of the Persian Gulf; of a heart attack; in his capital, Al Kuwait...