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...Kareem Abdul Jabbar was guarding Sampson at the time, but offered relatively little pressure. Another year of running up and down the court and anchoring the Laker offense had left Jabbar--39 years old--only able to stand behind Sampson with his hands raised high, simply trying to avoid the foul...
...fighters thundered down the runway of King Abdul Aziz Air Base and rose steeply into the skies above the gulf. The flashy maneuver, conducted last week for visiting American Vice President George Bush, displayed the impressive might of a Saudi Arabian air force that has been largely trained and equipped by the U.S. Yet the show of strength was also a reminder of the dangers that confront Saudi Arabia, a fabulously wealthy kingdom that sits atop the largest proven oil reserves on earth. Faced with plunging revenues at home and increasingly ominous military threats abroad, the Saudis are passing through...
When the military overthrew the 16-year regime of President Gaafar Nimeiri in a bloodless coup last year, Lieut. General Abdul Rahman Suwar al Dahab, the Defense Minister who spearheaded the rebellion, moved into the colonial-style Presidential Palace on the banks of the Blue Nile in Khartoum. Grateful citizens slaughtered a cow in a traditional housewarming gesture to welcome the new leader, but Suwar al Dahab told them his stay would be short. Within a year, he promised, he would hold free elections and turn power over to a civilian government. Last week, Suwar al Dahab showed that...
...alive and well as the Spurs. Once among the N.B.A.'s most apathetic regions, Houston has cheered the Rockets so lustily that in 28 home games they have been moved to win 26. Perhaps the most promising player in the league resides in Houston, the heir to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that beautiful Nigerian Akeem Olajuwon...
...quick trip to nearby Ethiopia, possibly to secure arms and ammunition, then returned to South Yemen, where he was reported to be assembling a force of 40,000 soldiers and volunteers in the Abyan region, his stronghold to the east of the capital. Rebel radio broadcasts rarely referred to Abdul Fattah Ismail, the former President who was thought to be leading the rebellion, thereby fueling speculation that he had been killed when fighting began two weeks ago. Late in the week, the radio reported that the insurgents had chosen Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al Attas, who had been...