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With the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia was thrust into a spotlight its royal family never sought. By agreeing to accept U.S. troops in exchange for protection (after a visit from then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney), KING FAHD knew he was also inviting Western influences...
...downplaying the possible use of the state-of-the-art Prince Sultan Air Base near Riyadh for strikes. In the belief that President Bush's seeming ambivalence toward the Palestinian cause helped inflame tensions before Sept. 11, the Saudis are appealing for much stronger U.S. pressure on Israel to accept a Palestinian state. "Wake up, and look at what you are doing in the Middle East," Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud, an investor with more than $11 billion in U.S. holdings, said to TIME last week. "Arabs and Muslims have become frustrated...
...change our way of life, as well as an insult to those theatergoers, especially in New York, who are not reactionaries and will soon again be capable of appreciating theater that challenges what we think we know and asks us to broaden what we’re willing to accept...
...after several committee meetings, Harvard officials are expressing serious concern about the direction of the commitee’s discussions, saying that community members have been unwilling to accept any of Harvard’s proposals, perhaps jeopardizing any hope for committee consensus...
...after seven meetings, it is unclear whether Harvard or Riverside residents will budge from their positions in time for the study committee to provide recommendations by the end of the moratorium this April that both sides will accept...