Word: mideast
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...affairs, which favor the atmosphere of violence, and instead put emphasis on external motives." The Arab press took pains to point out that Kennedy had "paid the price," as Beirut's Al-Bairag phrased it, of a pro-Jewish stand, also suggested that Kennedy's eventual Mideast policy might have been more favorable to the Arab cause than any other candidate's, and raised the possibility of a disguised pro-Israeli plot...
...other action in the NCAA, fourth-ranked North Carolina downed Davidson 70-66 in the east regionals. Surprising Ohio State upset Kentucky 82-81 in the mideast regional to win the right to play North Carolina in the other semi-finals contest Friday...
...speak as if their lines had been written for them by-to pick an absurd example-a plonking Australian novelist named Morris West, author of The Shoes of the Fisherman. This is Eric Ambler territory, and no Western writer less accustomed to its rigors should go out in the Mideast...
...absence of U.S. competition, Russia has won new customers in the Mideast who had previously bought only Western wares. It has made a deal to sell $110 million in military trucks and assorted gear to the Shah of Iran, is rearming the Sudanese army, which previously used British equipment, and may even find a client in Jordan's pro-Western King Hussein, who has not yet received from the U.S. the 36 Lockheed Starfighters that he had ordered before the June conflict. In the wake of the Egyptian withdrawal from Yemen, Russia has also swiftly increased its presence...
...that are gaining strength without strains. Copper-rich Zambia's regular surpluses have enabled the government to improve roads, education and health facilities. The oil-producing Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar amassed hefty surpluses as usual in 1967, despite some losses from the Mideast war. Instead of squandering the money on palaces, limousines and concubines, the rulers of the four Persian Gulf states today split the oil-based riches between imported consumer goods (food, clothing, shelter) for their populace, new facilities such as water systems, hospitals and other public buildings, and investment (including...