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...often borders on gutlessness, the Saudis are waiting for others to do the work for them. That message came through when President Assad visited Saudi Arabia's King Fahd in Jidda, and was emphasized again when U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger met with the Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Sultan, in Paris...
...Schlesinger, HLS'2:11:42 Rodney Pearson, Winthrop House" 2:23:02 Robert Henderson '84 2:38:49 Dave Reese '85 2:43:00 Richard Simpson '74 2:43:05 Dave Haaga '83 2:49:25 Bill Thraymann '83 2:50:00 Andrew Klemas '85 2:57:39 David Sultan '84 2:58:00 Charles Weeks '85 2:58:58 Scott Pollack '85 3:03:00 Steve Szaraz '83 3:03:00 Margaret Waters '84 3:03:32 Mike Smart '84 3:06:30 Richard Frank '85 3:06:45 Jay North '84 3:08:00 Tony Downer...
...King Hussein's turn to keep Arafat waiting. He spent Friday touring agricultural developments in the Jordan Valley with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said. On Saturday, finally, Hussein received Arafat at the King's hilltop palace, Al Nadwa, overlooking downtown Amman. After lunch with their top advisers, they met for the first of several discussions alone. On leaving, Arafat said only that the meeting had been "positive," but on Sunday, reflecting the shifting nature of their talks, he spoke pessimistically about chances of reaching an agreement with the King...
Most of the ground being set aside for the new settlements was public land, known as Sultan's property in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After 1967 the Israeli government simply declared itself the heir of the Turkish Sultan and proclaimed itself the owner of all such land. Inevitably, as the Israeli population grows, Israel will extend to the new settlements and the new settlers the full protection of Israeli law. As a result, the West Bank need never be formally annexed by Israel. Indeed, as Begin has put it, "you don't annex your own homeland...
Along the way, Elkin displays his unique gift for surreal parody. In a sultan's harem, the chief eunuch gives a sex lecture in the tone of a call-in therapist: "You could fault tonight, you could die. In any event, I trust a review can do no harm, and I enjoy our chalk talks." A crusading George speaks with Joycean extravagance: " 'We were friends,' he says again of the man he has just mutilated. . .'He was wily. I frisked his shift and groped his robes. I did his duds like a dowser. . .And it came...