Word: badere
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...board member and mover of the new development fund is a handsome, curly-haired young man who symbolizes a new breed of Arab businessman. His name is Bader Almulla, 26, and he is the untraditional scion of Kuwait's traditional fam ily of hereditary wazirs (ministers of state). Bader believes that "the Arab world is rich beyond present dreams. Here in Kuwait alone we have the means to achieve miracles for the whole Arab world." Schooled in England, he spent seven prodigious years as Kuwait's Secretary of State before resigning 18 months ago to take over...
Twisting All Night. With a flurry of restless, driving energy, Bader has expanded his three family companies into 130 agencies representing the world's major manufacturers, now deals in 40,000 items from abattoirs to X-ray equipment. He has boosted sales from $3,000,000 to $30 million yearly, quadrupled net profits against stiffening competition from other ambitious Arab businessmen. He tripled his total staff to 500, is converting his business from handwritten, single-entry ledgers to computers, has trained a corps of crack salesmen and sent his technicians off to Beirut, England and the U.S. for training...
...Arab fashion, Bader is related to half of Kuwait's merchant fortunes and by marriage to the ruling family. He supports a family of nine brothers and sisters in addition to his beauteous wife Badriya (both his and her name mean full moon in Arabic). Badriya was the first Kuwait woman to appear unveiled in public; following her example, most girls in Kuwait now go unveiled. In a land without bars, nightclubs or public dancing, Bader and Badriya still manage to have fun. Bader likes to twist all night at private parties, then water-ski or ride full-blooded...
Alfred R. Bader, owner of the art work, first saw it in Vienna last November, but did not decide to buy it until last Monday. Jakob Rosenber, professor of Fine Arts at Fogg, then assured him that it was indeed the original and was in good condition...
Early in the Nineteenth Century the painting was brought to Vienna, where it remained in the hands of one family until Bader bought...