Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rather homely in looks and style, solid and well-disciplined men, who attain and exercise power by organization and tenacity rather than brilliance or charisma. "The personal chemistry is working," said one participant in the Nixon-Wilson meetings. Nixon pleased his British hosts with several references to the historic "special relationship" between the two countries. The British like to hear that the U.S. still believes there is such a thing, though they are hesitant to mention it themselves...
...eleven hours of discussions, characterized by what a British spokesman called "plain dealing," Nixon and Wilson reviewed the problems facing the two nations-with special attention to the necessity of avoiding further challenges to the dollar and the pound. During his visit, Nixon also met with Conservative Leader Edward Heath and Liberal Leader Jeremy Thorpe, received former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who is an old friend from the Eisenhower days, and sat with groups of businessmen, labor and youth leaders, educators and editors. The British are tough judges, but they were taken with their visitor. Said one official who talked...
...bedroom. Two of the notebooks were found on his bureau, the third at the foot of Sirhan's bed. Adamantly refusing to accept his plea, Walker warned Sirhan's lawyers that he could order him held to his chair by restraining straps and gagged with a special face mask if he did not keep silent...
...lives of many of the rulers of the oil-rich Arab states are marked by a special brand of gilt-edged vulgarity. Saud was perhaps the leading exponent of the tradition. During his reign he maintained one of the more ostentatious harems in the Middle East: the number of concubines averaged from 80 to 120, and agents in Beirut and other capitals kept it well-stocked. To facilitate his choice of companions for the night, he reportedly installed closed-circuit television...
...austere tradition of the Wahhabi sect to which he belonged, Saud's burial was simple. His body, wrapped in a Saudi flag, was flown in a special aircraft to Riyadh, and after brief ceremonies was buried somewhere in the capital. In keeping with tradition, there is no gravestone. Only a small group of holy men know the last resting place of one of the world's wealthiest...