Word: arabization
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...oilmen had wondered whether any oil lies between the Kuwait sands and Arabian American Oil Co.'s fields to the south (see map). MacPherson's strike gave the answer. Even those who had no financial interest were elated. Wired Aramco's Middle East boss of Arab affairs, Bill Eddy, to MacPherson: HALLELUJAH...
...American Friends of the Mid-East will sponsor a speech on the Arab's viewpoint on the Palestine problem by Mrs. Wadia Khouri Makdissi at 8 p.m. this evening in Holmes Hall. Born in England of Lebanese parents, Mrs. Makdissi is a leader in education and civic activities in Beirut, Lebanon...
...Jordanian national guardsmen forced them to withdraw, leaving one uniformed Israeli dead. Six nights later, Israeli units hit Falama again. They blew open its protective barbed wire and clobbered it with mortars for almost three hours in one of the biggest attacks since the war's end. Ten Arabs were wounded and the village muktar (headman) killed. In violation of the armistice, the Israelis then began sending warplanes over Jordan, followed a few days later with the seizure of a vacated Arab college in no man's land. MAC officers who tried to investigate were obstructed...
...toughest the U.S. had talked to Israel since the war-and it worked. The Israeli government, strongly dependent on U.S. good will and support, kept the note a top secret. But within 24 hours the Israelis evacuated the Arab college and halted the illegal air sorties over Jordan...
Thirty miles north of Amman, Jordan, some 100 acres of bright green grass grew eight inches high. Around it lay dusty desert supporting a few tough shrubs. Soldiers of the Arab Legion last week were guarding the grass day & night to keep the goats and camels of the Bedouins from eating it down to the roots. The Bedouins themselves came in droves to admire the greenery, for no such grass had grown in that desert since the time of the Prophet...