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Among the small gulf states, Dubai appears to be genuinely neutral, evidently because of its large Persian minority. The other United Arab Emirates, as well as Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, all root under their breath for Iraq. Despite apprehensions about Saddam Hussein's long-term military and political ambitions, they sense a more imminent threat from Iran. Bahrain in particular is nervous about Tehran, not only because the mullahs have revived ancient Iranian claims to its territory but because Bahrain's Sunni Emir rules a population over half of whom are Shi'ites...
...time-honored British tradition-the old school tie-is now taking root in American business. In Britain, graduates of Oxbridge colleges, officers of army regiments and members of London clubs have long worn institutional ties as a way of recognizing other "old boys" without asking. Now Americans can pick out a colleague or a competitor at a sales convention according to the cravat around his neck. Corporate neckties have recently become a bullish $12 million industry. Says A. Harvey Schreter, whose Baltimore-based company has made about 600 different company ties: "Last year our business grew...
...tender spots in my lower back felt the final ten minutes of treatment from needles so fine that they never broke the skin. The finishing touch: he held a smoldering root, known as moxa, above the treated area to induce relaxation...
Such were the growing pains of an independent labor movement taking root in hostile ground. The gathering in Gdansk last week was the first nationwide meeting of some 150 organizers, representing new independent unions throughout the country, come together to stretch their new muscle and air their concerns. The convention-like meeting, in fact, was only one sign of the seething activity that was continuing to take place in Poland after two months of labor turmoil. "The Poland of today is not the same as before July 1980," conceded a top government official. "It will be impossible to return...
Samuel P. Huntington, Thomson Professor of Government, said Iraq's desire to "make clear that it is the top dog in the Persian Gulf" is the "root cause" of the spreading border conflict...