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...more than 20 million do today. The Saudis have failed to invest their vast royalties in businesses that will provide jobs when the oil runs out--as one day it will. And for most of two decades, the price of oil has been relatively low. Political tension has been injected into a fragile economy. On television, Saudis see what they believe is a ruthless, U.S.-backed Israeli army shooting their fellow Arabs in the Palestinian territories. Meanwhile, Abdullah has consolidated a hold on the power formally exercised by an ailing King Fahd. The Crown Prince and his advisers are more...
...State for Colin Powell, who went to the region three times this year and won't go back again without any tricks in his diplomatic bag. A senior British official told TIME last week that the U.S. must move soon on a new Middle East agenda to ease the tension. U.S. officials tell TIME they are preparing several steps. Among them: the U.S. and Israelis are essentially in favor of a Palestinian and European plan for third-party monitoring of any terrorists Arafat arrests. And U.S. officials are at work on a major speech, perhaps by Powell...
...seem nearly as vile as they do in Rowling’s books. Both Harry’s arch-nemeses at Hogwarts, the spoiled Draco Malfoy and the leering Potions Professor Severus Snape, are given limited exposure time in the film, thus de-emphasizing the obvious tension that exists between the characters in the book. We see no trace of Snape’s sincere hatred of the boy in the film. As played by Alan Rickman, Snape occasionally sneers at the boy or proffers a strange warning, but whenever he follows his cautions with a toss...
Harvard and Yale both entered The Game undefeated and untied at a time when America was taut with tension...
Harvard and Yale both entered The Game undefeated and untied at a time when America was taut with tension...