Word: traditionall
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Directly south of Iran across the Persian Gulf is Saudi Arabia, whose traditional monarchic system remains intact but which is nevertheless highly vulnerable: only 8 million people live in a land one-fourth the size of the U.S. that possesses the world's largest proven oil reserves.
Life among the Baluch is in many ways the same as it was in the days of the British raj, although camels are now less prevalent than the gaily painted trucks and triwheeled scooters that chug asthmatically around the streets of the province's capital, Quetta (pop. 250,000...
From the start Northeastern dominated the meet by outscoring Harvard 35-17 in the field events--a traditional Crimson stronghold--and taking advantage of the absence of several Harvard middle-distance runners.
Radio broadcasts by the new government repeated that freedom would be restored in Cambodia. The radio played songs about the cruelty of the former leaders and about an upcoming revival of traditional Cambodian life, including "A Mother's Call to Her Beloved Son to Rally to the Front to Save...
The Corporation allocated the amount for investment, which represents less than one per cent of the total University endowment of $1.39 billion, to be used in "new technology areas" that yield higher returns than traditional stocks and bonds over a period of time, Walter M. Cabot '55, Harvard deputy treasurer...