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...reaction to the latest attacks on tankers, Lloyd's of London once again increased rates on vessels using the gulf, this time more than doubling the fee (from 3% to 7.5% of value) for ships sailing to Kharg Island. In Geneva, Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, declared: "What we are afraid of is that Lloyd's might cancel insurance for navigation in the gulf, and this would be equal to closing the Strait of Hormuz." Lloyd's denied the likelihood of such a cancellation. In any event, the world, and particularly...
...leaving, they are losing the sympathy and understanding of the people." That is putting it mildly. Three weeks ago, after one of their military positions was fired upon, Israeli troops drove to the village of Hallousiyeh (pop. 800). They arrested a number of villagers, including the local spiritual leader, Sheik Abbas Harb, and bulldozed his house into rubble. Every day since then, villagers have gathered at the mosque to pray for the sheik's release. Loudspeakers on minarets call out angry messages: "God is with us. Death to the Israelis. [Ayatullah] Khomeini is the Great Imam...
Last week, after an Israeli position near Tyre came under fire, Israeli troops besieged the Shi'ite mountain village of Halloussiyeh. They arrested eight villagers, including the local prayer leader, Sheik Abbas Harb, and bulldozed his house to the ground. Villagers threw stones at the Israelis and set tires afire on nearby roads...
...troupe of fifth-rate actors as they perform a sex farce titled Nothing On during a fleabag provincial tour. The plot of Nothing On involves a ditzy maid in an English country house, a wayward plate of sardines, an illicit couple, a licit couple dodging the taxman, a sheik and a bibulous burglar. Doors slam (the set contains seven of them) and trousers drop with dizzying abandon...
...rooms, getting the executives off to a fast start. If they need a suit pressed or reservations made, the concierge will take care of it." According to Lidman, executives are not the only ones who will pay extra to be pampered. Two of her recent guests were a sheik and Singer Harry Belafonte...