Word: sultans
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...issue was clear-cut: whether and when, after a century of colonial status, the tiny sultanate of Brunei should gain full independence. The British were understandably defensive. The Bruneians were altogether adamant. The strange thing about the situation, however, as the two sides met for discussions in London, was that this time it was the British who proposed to cast off their remaining colonial ties. On the other hand, Brunei's Sandhurst-educated sultan, Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, 32, who led a retinue of 18 to the negotiating table in Whitehall, sought to hang...
...been talk that he should be succeeded by the able, energetic Fahd, even though Khalid was Crown Prince. In addition to his proven skills, Fahd was one of the "Sudairi Seven"-seven brothers born to Abdul Aziz by one of his favorite wives. (Among the other powerful Sudairis: Prince Sultan, the present Minister of Defense; Prince Salman, the governor of Riyadh; Prince Naif, Minister of the Interior...
...Fahd would almost surely succeed Khalid as King. The new Crown Prince would probably be Prince Abdullah, 57, currently Saudi Arabia's Second Deputy Prime Minister, although there are rumors that Fahd's ambitious brother Sultan has been lobbying within family circles for the post. Meanwhile, some promising third-generation royals are beginning to make their mark, most notably the eight sons of the late King Faisal. Among them are Abdullah, a businessman and poet; Saud, the urbane, Princeton-educated Foreign Minister; Khalid, governor of the remote Asir region; and Bandar, a member of the military staff...
Cobb's base-stealing record. Brock surpassed Cobb's total of 892 in August, filched seven more bases before the season ended, and last week donated his record-breaking shoes to baseball's Hall of Fame. At 38, the Sultan of Swipe pronounces: "The game's still a lot of fun, and I'm still one step ahead of the crowd." And one behind his next record, most likely. With his 1,658 career strikeouts, Brock is only 52 whiffs away from Titleholder Mickey Mantle...
...both men: it showed Desai's countrymen that he had not bowed to the U.S. President, and it also demonstrated to Americans that Carter means business in his efforts to control nuclear proliferation. The fly incident led the Boston Herald American to praise "India's intrepid Sultan of Swat, the fly chaser who refused to give up even when Jimmy Carter and Morarji Desai got in his way." As for the Secret Service's not-so-secret conversations, agents explained that they happened to be using the same frequency as the Casino de Paris' stage sound...