Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Deathbed Oath. The two men have long been antagonists. Their father, the late King Ibn Saud once said, "I wish that Feisal had been born twins and Saud had never been born at all." Nevertheless, Saud was the oldest son and was therefore named Crown Prince. On his deathbed, Ibn Saud made Feisal swear on the Koran that he would not seek the throne as long as Saud lived...
...satisfied," Walt said afterwards. "Of course I wish I'd won, but I don't feel I made any mistakes. I think I ran the proper race...
...dining halls for traditional, aesthetic, and other ideological reasons? If so, they owe it to Harvard undergraduates to argue their position. The College has made its opinion clear; a vote conducted by the HCUA showed 87 per cent of the College in favor of interhouse dining. Do the Masters wish to preserve status quo definitely rejected by the students...
...government was reluctant to put import quotas on oil, as the coalmen wish, but tried to cool the crisis by giving the mines until Dec. 31, 1966 'beyond two crucial elections-to begin phasing out. Though miners are reluctant to leave their trade and their homes, they should have no trouble getting new work. In prosperous Germany, jobs are still going begging...
...with England. The awkwardness of the British position on MLF provides him with a convenient target for retaliation for other things. The new Wilson government has informed Paris that it would like to "revise" schedules for building the superconic airline Concorde and the tunnel under the Channel. The British wish to delay these projects because their cost would upset their austerity program. But de Gaulle is upset by Britain's new reluctance because he hoped the Concorde would cut significantly into American domination of the profitable airline industry...