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...started flowing in 1967, the year when past and present began to clash in Oman. Rebel groups had already mounted an insurrection to overthrow Sultan Said bin Taimur, then 56, a paranoid tyrant who hoarded gold from oil revenues in the cellar of his ancient castle in Salalah because he believed paper currency was worthless. Under his medieval rule, slavery was sanctioned, and no one could travel abroad without his permission. It was against the law for an Omani to wear spectacles or ride a bicycle. In the whole country there were only two post offices, three miles of asphalt...
...hectic pace demands actors who can keep up with it, and here the Loeb production is blessed. William Falk--who plays Voltaire, Dr. Pangloss, the malevolent Spanish Governor, a Sultan and a Sage--gives five masterful performances and dominates the show from start to finish. With breathtakingly fast costume changes, Falk bounces between characters and never loses control. Even his face seems to change when he switches from the kindly Voltaire to the murderous Governor. His various accents are all convincing and consistent...
Once Premier, Khalil characteristically cracked down on corruption and inefficiency. Eleven former ministers are now under investigation. One of them, Ahmed Sultan, until recently minister of power and electricity, faces charges of accepting $300,000 in bribes from Westinghouse. Khalil's other favorite target is Egypt's sluggish bureaucracy. He has begun decentralizing the system, delegating ministerial authority to rural governors and village headmen...
...office Sara has two talents. She is a good editor and a better tease. Though nearly everyone on the staff of The American Woman is female, Neil Amberson, the top editor, is decidedly male, a discount sultan who sleeps with all of his editors once, then keeps them wondering why he didn't ask for seconds. Sara does get a return visit, in some of the raunchiest sex scenes in recent fiction, but it is all for nothing. She has misjudged who really has control of the magazine. Neil is on his way out, and Helene, his foul-mouthed...
...member party in Riyadh, where the Secretary was greeted by skirling bagpipers of the Royal Guard. Although their subsequent conversation was amiable, Crown Prince Fahd inexplicably kept Brown cooling his heels for two hours before a scheduled meeting. Talks with his Saudi counterpart, Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Sultan, were also cordial. The American visitors were surprised, however, that the prince did not ask for specifics when Brown proposed a heightened U.S. military presence in the region. The Secretary had carefully set the groundwork for a discussion of that subject by outlining his−and the Administration...