Word: shaken
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Nowhere is concern over the future more manifest than in Saudi Arabia, where a feudal monarchy rules a sparsely settled (estimated pop. between 4 million and 7 million) land containing 23.2% of the world's proven oil reserves. The ruling House of Saud was badly shaken by last month's attack on the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest shrine in Islam. It was originally reported that the attacking guerrillas were religious fundamentalists who were seeking the recognition of their leader as the Muslim Mahdi or Messiah. Saudi officials later confirmed that although some of the intruders were...
...Peace is not an abstract. It means a better life for people. We have shaken off prejudice. Now we must destroy poverty, ignorance, hunger...
...embattled government had also been a factor. In fact, nobody seemed happier with Ben-Eliezer's decision than the Premier. With obvious relish, he announced that he would meet Sadat at a summit at Aswan on New Year's Day. The Premier's confidence, shaken ever since the resignation of Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan last October, seemed restored and appeared to give him a new vigor with which he went on to defuse two other political crises...
Chicago's shaken school system clutches at solvency
With Christmas looming, the shaken school system seemed to be lurching toward a payless payday for 50,000 employees. But at the last moment temporary help came-from Illinois Governor James Thompson and Mayor Byrne. The rescue package calls for $200 million in loans, guaranteed by the city, to give Chicago's board time to come up with a long-term solution to the school system's financial woes-which will almost certainly require tax increases. In effect, Mayor Byrne explained, the school board was in receivership and the city was the credit holder...